Courts in which we act
Our team assists instructing attorneys across South Africa with both once-off attendances and ongoing correspondent matters. We understand that an instruction placed with Barnard remains part of your relationship with your client, and our approach therefore places particular emphasis on responsiveness, accurate execution and clear reporting.
What Our Correspondent Services Include

- Court appearances and procedural attendances
- Motions, postponements and case management conferences
- Taxations
- Issuing, filing and lodging court documents
- Service and collection of legal documents
- Sheriff instructions and follow-up
- Liaison with and briefing of advocates
- Indexing, pagination and preparation of court bundles
- Trial preparation and general litigation support
- Urgent court attendances and applications
- Deeds Office attendances
- Master’s Office attendances
Instructions are dealt with promptly, with regular communication to the instructing attorney and careful attention to the procedural and practical requirements of each matter.

