Raymond Sutton Incorporated
Correspondent Attorneys in Krugersdorp
Correspondent Attorneys in Krugersdorp
We are acting as Correspondent Attorneys for Instructing Attorneys. Our practice is dedicated to the Rule of Law and committed to providing professional services to all our clients. We strive to maintain the highest standard of integrity and ethical conduct in the legal profession. Our practice is focused on providing concise and accurate legal services. We develop meaningful and lasting relationships with our clients. We strive to produce the best professional legal advice and services possible at the most affordable prices. Principles of excellence, hard work and integrity is which our practice is build on. We have a great reputation and we are determined to serve not only individuals but also legal entities.
Our offices are strategically situated in close proximity to Krugersdorp Magistrates’ Court to provide a wide range of legal services to members of the public as well as attorneys enabling us to act as Correspondent attorneys.
Why instruct us as your Correspondent Attorneys in Krugersdorp?
Krugersdorp Magistrates’ Court:
Instruct us as your Correspondent Attorneys:
Our correspondent services includes:
- Urgent instructions
- Issuing, serving & filing
- Drafting legal documents
- Drawing of Court files
- Court appearances & trials (Civil & Criminal
- Section 65A appearances
- Postponements
- Indexing & paginating
- Queries
- Pre-trial conferences
- Default judgment submissions
- Opposed & unopposed motions
- Any ancillary instructions
- Regular updates on your matter
- Liaise with the Sheriff & Court staff
- All our fees are based on Party-and-Party scale
Instruct our firm as your Correspondent Attorneys:
Download our free Combined summons template below with our details already included for your convenience to instruct our offices more efficiently to act as your correspondent attorneys in Krugersdorp (Coming soon).
Frequently asked questions:
What is a Correspondent Attorney?
A correspondent attorney is an attorney who receives and executes instructions from an instructing attorney because the address of the instructing attorney is outside of the jurisdiction of a specific court. The correspondent attorney attends to the instructions received from the instructing attorney in the same manner as the instructing attorney would.
Why is it necessary to appoint a Correspondent attorney?
If a client needs to issue summons or an application and the address of the instructing attorney is not within a specific distance from the court where the summons or application needs to be issued, the attorney need to appoint a correspondent attorney. If the address of the instructing attorney exceeds 15 kilometers from the courthouse in South Africa, he or she needs to appoint a correspondent attorney.
Who is the instructing attorney?
The instructing attorney is the attorney a client approaches for legal assistance who accepts the instructions of a client to execute the instructions.
Who is the correspondent attorney?
The correspondent attorney is an attorney that the instructing attorney appoint that is situated within a radius of 15 kilometers from the specific courthouse in which a legal action should be instituted.
What are the duties of a correspondent attorney?
The correspondent attorney have more or less the same duties of that the instructing attorney has. The correspondent attorney should attend to the instructions of the instructing attorney in the same manner, skill, care, professionalism and urgency as the instructing attorney would have done. The duty of care on the instructing attorney is the same duty of care that is placed on the instructing attorney.
Who is the client?
The person or company that requires legal assistance or legal services is the client of the instructing attorney. The instructing attorney is the client of the correspondent attorney.
Who pays for the services of a correspondent attorney?
The instructing attorney is liable for the fees and disbursements of the correspondent attorney. The instructing attorney pays the correspondent attorney and in turn, collects the money from the client if the instructing attorney does not hold sufficient money in his or her trust account for the benefit of the client.
Disclaimer:
Kindly contact our offices directly if you would like to appoint our offices to act as your Correspondent Attorneys in the jurisdiction of Krugersdorp Magistrates’ Court. Our fees in respect of the services we offer in respect of correspondent work for attorneys is based on the relevant Party-and-Party scale fees and tariffs. Unfortunately our offices does not merely act as a postbox for any instructing attorneys. Our offices can accept instructions based on a contingency fee matter against the Road Accident Fund, Minister of Police or the Member of the Executive Council. Before we accept such these type of instructions it should first be confirmed with our offices.
Please take note that our firm does not confirm any instruction by only using the e-mail submission form on our website. Once we receive your instruction via our e-mail submission form, we will confirm receipt for you to ensure that we have received your instruction in good order and that we can attend to your instruction.
The information contained on this page is to assist the user. We can not guarantee the accuracy or correctness of any information on this page. It remains the responsibility of the user to contact the Court to verify the information on this page. We do not take responsibility for any inaccurate information.