All High Court litigation and correspondent work

Our firm delivers excellent and effective service to clients on a regular basis in Regional and

Magistrate’s Court litigation.

Our services range from (but is not limited to) Road Accident Fund Claims, Rescission of

Judgments and removal of adverse credit information at credit bureaus, claims for damages

arising out of car accidents, personal injuries and more, divorce proceedings, etc.

The amount and essence of a claim will determine in which Court action is instituted.

The Magistrate’s Court adjudicate claims up to R200,000.00. Should your claim, however, be

more than R200,000.00 and below R400,000.00, or should you wish to institute divorce

proceedings in a Lower Court, the Regional Court will have jurisdiction to entertain your

claim.

You can rest assured that our professional team of practitioners and support staff will ensure

that your case is handled in the most effective manner possible.

Should you have any queries relating to litigation and the services our firm provide, feel free

to contact us at your convenience.

EMPLOYMENT & LABOUR LAW

We provide services to a whole range of clients which includes individuals, corporates

and unions in resolving complicated employment issues with practical solutions for

clients as quickly and efficiently as possible.

We are equipped to handle general employment, collective labour, individual

employment and employment litigation advice and services to all our clients.

Our services include the following;

• Disciplinary hearings

• Dismissals

• Retrenchments

• Collective and individual employment litigation

• Unfair labour practice

• Restraint of trade

• Policy, procedure and handbook development

• Employment contracts

• Employment equity, Affirmative action which includes discrimination litigation.

• Transfer of businesses

• Health & Safety

• Employee benefits & Compensation

• Strikes & Lockouts

Conveyancing describes the legal procedure whereby ownership of immovable

property is changed (i.e. ownership is “conveyed” from the existing owner to the

purchaser.)

The Conveyancer’s performance and his duty will be guided by the contents of the

Agreement between the parties as are recorded in the Deed of Sale. In the instance

of any other instruction – the conveyance will act upon the terms of the instruction

and see to a quick and hassle free registration. The Conveyancer therefore, is

compelled to act in accordance with the clause of the sale agreement.

Our vastly experienced conveyancing team, and other support staff, specializes in all

aspects of commercial and residential property transactions and conveyancing. On a

daily basis, the team deals with:

•Transfers

•Mortgage bonds, cancellations and registrations

•Establishment of sectional title schemes

•Endorsements

•Removal of restrictions

•Subdivisions

•Township development

•Notarial deeds of cession

•Servitudes

•Antenuptial contracts

•Estate transfers

•Correspondence work – for firms across the country.

In South Africa, on the other hand, the transfer of ownership in immovable property is

governed by legislation and specific in terms of Section 16 of the Deeds Registries Act

47 of 1937 which stipulates that transfer must be affected by Deed of Transfer,

registered by the Registrar of Deeds. The purpose of the mentioned registration

process is twofold:

• To transfer ownership of immovable property; and

• To place the registered owner of land in a position to prove his ownership easily, by

producing his registered deed of transfer.

Although the South African system of land registration is of a high standard, it does

not always furnish a complete or accurate picture of the rights in respect of land and

mistakes do sometimes occur but it remains, however, a reliable source of information

about the legal position of immovable property.

Property law further deals with all the remedies an owner can use to protect his/her

ownership.

OUR BEE COMMITMENT:

•We are committed towards the process of transformation and general upliftment and

attach hereto our BEE Certification as proof thereof. Our Company’s status level for

Enterprise Development constitutes a Level 4 Contributor.

We also are part of one of the leadings financial institutions in South Africa and have

to adhere to their level of standards which we fulfilled. We also have the adhere to

the fica law and the new national credit act. Please visit their website for more info.

A notary public (or notary or public notary) in the common law world is a public

officer constituted by law to serve the public in non-contentious matters usually

concerned with estates, deeds, powers-of-attorney, and foreign and international

business.

A notary’s main functions are to administer oaths and affirmations, take affidavits and

statutory declarations, witness and authenticate the execution of certain classes of

documents, take acknowledgments of deeds and other conveyances, protest notes

and bills of exchange, provide notice of foreign drafts, prepare marine or ship’s

protests in cases of damage, provide exemplifications and notarial copies, and

perform certain other official acts depending on the jurisdiction

Certain documents must by law be drawn and attested by a notary. Only attorneys

who have passed a practical examination and have been admitted by the High Court,

can practice as a notary. All our attorneys are also notaries and provide the following

Notarial services:

• Registration of antenuptial contracts

• Registration and cancellation of notarial bonds

• Registration and cancellation of notarial lease agreements

• Registration and cancellation of notarial servitudes

• Registration of notarial trusts

• Drafting of foreign notarial wills

• General notarial practice and drafting of agreements

• Powers of Attorney

• Certifying documents as true copies for use of abroad

• Notarising documents for the purchase or sale of foreign property

• Affidavits and Declarations

• Authenticating personal documents and information for immigration or emigration

purposes

We aim to provide you with a highly professional and friendly notary public service,

whether you require a single document notarised or passport copies made or more

complex company documentation for use abroad.

Call us to fulfil all your notarial requirements.

We offer a full spectrum of services and can assist with the drafting, implementation and

termination of contracts and the furnishing of advice and services on issues involving

commercial, competition law, dispute resolution, employment law, finance and banking,

intellectual property, real estate and tax law, to name a few.

•Commercial Contracts and Joint Ventures

•Commercial Property

•Corporate and Commercial

•Corporate Finance

•Due diligence Investigations

•Insurance and Reinsurance

•Taxation

We also form trusts, register companies and close corporations and conduct searches and

due diligence investigations.

Sequestrations, Liquidations

We also have a Criminal Law department specialising in inter alia, laws related to murder, rape, fraud, theft and assault etc. These services include but will not be limited to:
• SAPS Clearance Certificates
• Expungement of criminal records
• After hours bail applications
• Unlawful arrest claims
• Criminal trials
• Appeals
• Petitions

In the event of the passing of a loved one, a family wants to be sure that the financial affairs of the deceased are wound up timeously and that the interests of the heirs and legatees are protected. The assets and liabilities of the deceased is collectively referred to as the “deceased estate”, and all these estates must be reported to the Master of the High Court within whose jurisdiction the deceased resided at time of death. After the estate has been reported, the Master will appoint an Executor to attend to the winding up of the estate. The winding up of an estate, amongst other things, pertains to the following aspects:
• Correspondence with Master of the High Court
• Taking possession and/or control of all the assets of the deceased and compiling an Inventory thereof
• Informing all creditors of the passing of the deceased by way of an advertisement in the Government Gazette and a local newspaper
• Opening an estate late bank account
• Closing all bank accounts of the deceased
• Dealing with policies, investments and shares
• Drafting of the Liquidation and Distribution account (Assets and Liabilities account)
• Transfer of movable and immovable property to heirs (motor vehicles, houses etc.)
• Distribution of property to the hairs and legatees.

Our firm has attended to the finalisation of numerous deceased estates, and is therefore competent to attend to the winding up of an estate in a timeous and effective manner, allowing family to get closure, without the finalisation of the estate being extended unnecessarily.

Family law is an area of the law that deals with family-related issues and domestic

relations including:

• the nature of marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships;

• issues arising throughout marriage, including spousal abuse, legitimacy, adoption,

surrogacy, child abuse, and child abduction

• the termination of the relationship and ancillary matters including divorce,

annulment, property settlements, alimony, and parental responsibility orders (in the

United States, child custody and visitation, child support and maintenance).

The firm has a dedicated Family Law department. The department deals with

amongst others, matrimonial maters including Divorce, Custody, Guardianships,

institution of protection orders and defending same, suing for maintenance and

defending same, etc.

We specialize in the following areas of family law:

• Divorce law

• Maintenance

• Civil union and co-habitation agreements

• Adoption

• Parental rights and responsibilities

• Custody disputes and all other related family law matters

• Variation of existing divorce orders

• Protection Orders

• General Family law advice

Our focus is providing our clients with an efficient and effective service. However, our

approach is managing disputes to attempt to negotiate and support an amicable

resolution between parties.