Our firm has had extensive experience in the area of the winding up and administration of deceased estates. This is an area which requires a wide range of skills, from the initial consultation at which all the necessary documentation to be submitted to the Master of the High Court are completed, an inventory is made of all the assets in the estate, which is then followed by communication with all the relevant insurance companies, banks as well as debtors and creditors of the estate. Advertising in the local press and Government Gazette as required in terms of the Administration of Deceased Estates Act is attended to, which is followed by the drafting of the Liquidation and Distribution Account, and finally the payment of the debts of the estate as well as payments to the heirs

Our firm has had extensive experience in assisting clients with Estate Planning, and in this regard we utilise the services of experts in allied fields, for example Tax Planning, in providing our clients with tax effective solutions. At the initial consultation, an analysis is done of each client’s specific needs, followed by the drafting of a Will either for an individual, or joint Wills for married couples. The Wills may include Testamentary Trusts, in terms of which the testator (the party making the Will), creates a Trust which is administered by Trustees for the benefit of certain heirs of the estate, for many years after the death of the testator.

Our firm has had extensive experience in commercial litigation in the Magistrates Court, Regional Court, High Court and the Supreme Court of Appeals in Bloemfontein.Our firm has acted over the years for large corporate clients, as well as small and medium businesses, in a range of disputes, which includes disputes arising out of commercial agreements, claims arising out of goods sold and delivered, services rendered, breach of restraints of trade, employment contracts, claims for personal injury and patrimonial loss, divorce and claims for Estate Agents Commission.

Noordmans has had extensive experience over many years in family and matrimonial law, spanning the range from giving couples advice in regard to the various regimes in terms of which people are able to get married in South Africa, which includes in the initial consultation providing clients with an understanding of in community and out of community marriages, as well as marriages which adopt the Accrual System, and those that exclude the Accrual System, and has extensive experience in mediating matrimonial matters in order to not only expedite the process and save legal costs, but find solutions that endeavoured to cause the least damage to the children and parties involved.