Our vision is to provide our clients with expert legal advice in an innovative and efficient manner. We strive to determine the best course of action in our clients’ matter as if we are representing ourselves. We focus our attention on giving honest and accurate opinions about our clients' matters while being supportive in their decisions. Our vision reflect our values: Innovative, Determined and Honest (idh)
We, at IDH believe that innovative thinking and compliance with the law are the reasons for our success. Our lawyers and support staff are equipped with the necessary skills and legal knowledge to determine the most efficient route to resolve our clients' legal problems. It is through our knowledge, skills and years of experience that we are able to deliver value to our clients.
We were founded by Reverend JE Davies in 1903 whose son Ivan Peter Burchell Davies succeeded him in 1915. In 1936 the Ivan Davies joined Mr CC De Wet Theunissen (also known as Tiny) in a partnership under the name Ivan Davies Theunissen Incorporated. Later in 2002 the Directors of Ivan Davies Theunissen joined Mr Nico Roets, director of Hammerschlag Attorneys, in a partnership and became known as Ivan Davies-Hammerschlag or better known as IDH. Today the firms legacy is being carried on by the three current directors namely: Mr. van Wyk, Mr. Rothman and Mr. Landsman and team of 13 support staff members.
The Conveyancing Department is under the leadership of Mr AP van Wyk, who has 39 years experience in the fields of transfer of properties, township establishment, opening of sectional title registers as well as registration of servitudes. This department also attends to Sales in Execution and Sales of Deceased Estates. His well-trained staff are friendly and professional and will devote all their time to explain the transfer process to clients in an understandable manner as well as do the property transfer transaction efficiently and speedily with regular weekly progress reports.
Getting married to your life partner is an enormous step in your life. We at IDH Attorneys will assist you in lightening the load of getting married by assisting you in selecting the correct marriage regime (whether in community of property or our of community of property, with or without the accrual) that will suite you and your partner's circumstances the best. Mr. van Wyk and Mrs. Krause will provide you with comprehensive information with regards to all the regimes as well as their advantages and disadvantages to enable you to say "I DO" without hesitation.
This Department is run by Mr JA Rothman who has over 38 years of experience. As purchasing a property may be overwhelming, we devote time to clients to explain the process of the transaction in as much detail as possible as well as to keep them updated of the progress on a regular basis. We are on the panel of the 4 major banks of South Africa - ABSA Bank, Standard Bank, Nedbank and First National Bank. We have more than 45 years of experience in the registration and cancellation of bonds. For more information on bond calculations costs as well as affordability costs please contact us.
This department deals with the following matters under the guidance of the three directors: