Brett studied at the University of Natal (Durban) and has a B.A. LLB. In addition, he has a diploma in Insolvency Law and Practice. Admitted as an attorney in 1994, he has authored a number of articles on various aspects of credit law and debt recovery for various publications and is a previous LexisNexis prize winner for best article by an Attorney in the official SA Attorneys Journal De Rebus. He has also been on the South Africa Law Society expert panel for the topic of Legal Debt Collection since 2012 and presents annual update seminars for attorneys across the country on this topic. He also delivers seminars in debt collection and credit management to the commercial sector.