Van Niekerk Groenewoud and van Zyl Inc
Attorneys, Notaries & Conveyancers
Van Niekerk Groenewoud and van Zyl Inc
VGV is POPI Compliant
POPI Act

More Than 40 Years Experience

WELCOME TO VGV ATTORNEYS

We provide quality service and innovative solutions to our clients, contributing to their success.

More About Us

With 6 attorneys and more than 20 candidate attorneys and support staff members in 3 offices in the Western Cape, we provide quality service and innovative solutions to our clients, contributing to their success locally and internationally.

Our dynamic makes us different. Everyone contributes. Everyone pushes themselves and is pushed in return. Everyone works together to find smart innovative solutions.

In our pursuit of excellence in legal services, we rely on highly skilled and trained personnel who are competent in various legal disciplines and advanced electronic systems.

More About Us

AREAS OF PRACTICE

Legal Services

Property Law & Conveyancing

We are the conveyancers of choice for property transfers and serve on all major bank panels for registering mortgage bonds.

Family Law

We have a sound knowledge of family law and a good understanding of people and how to support them during sensitive situations.

Commercial Law

Your business is unique, just like you. We will guide you as to whether a project should be undertaken to ensure your success.

Constitutional Law & Human Rights

We will ensure that you are duly informed of your rights and ensure that your interests are protected.

Tax Law

Tax legislation changes regularly and continual tax and estate planning are therefore essential.

Litigation

Effective litigation or alternative dispute resolution (mediation or arbitration) is essential to protect your interests.

Debt Collection

We provide all-encompassing “in-house” debt collection services in order to maximise your debt recovery.

Estate Planning & Administration of Deceased Estates

We will ensure that the process is efficiently and expeditiously administered.

Antenuptial Contracts

We will assist you during this joyous time to draft the appropriate contract to govern your assets and financial future after marriage.

We provide correspondent services for all these departments. If you did not find what you were looking for, do contact any one of our attorneys about your needs.

MEET OUR EXPERTS

Our Directors

Chris van Rheede van Oudtshoorn

Director

Pieter Venter

Director

Dorcky Mohohlo

Director

At VGV we will ensure that the appropriate attorney is allocated to you for your specific needs to ensure a personalised service that delivers exceptional results.

OUR NEWSLETTER

Recent News
Wills and Estate Planning

National Wills Week: Do You Really Need 6 Types of Will?

At the heart of your estate planning is your will (“Last Will and Testament”). Without it, you lose your right to choose your heirs, to choose the executor of your estate, and to choose who will look after your children and your family trusts when you die. But there’s lots of online chatter about other types of “will” such as offshore wills, digital wills, business wills, ethical wills and living wills. What are they and do you really need to put them all in place?
Read More »
Family Law

Better Late Than Never: Marriage Law Drags Itself into the 21st Century

For decades, South African law used the husband’s legal home at the time of marriage to decide which country’s law governed a couple’s financial and property rights when they had ties to more than one country. A recent Western Cape High Court judgment declared that rule unconstitutional and introduced a gender-neutral framework for deciding which country’s law applies. Courts elsewhere in the country are not bound by the judgment but are likely to follow it.
Read More »
Delict and Civil Claims

A Pothole Causes You to Crash. Can You Sue the Government?

In most cases hitting a pothole results in a damaged tyre or wheel. But for one unfortunate motorcyclist who hit a 60cm behemoth near George, it meant losing a leg. The High Court held the Department of Infrastructure liable for his damages, finding that the roads authority had failed to detect, repair or warn road users about a dangerous defect it knew, or should have known, about.
Read More »
More Articles