Johannesburg
Counsel for Matters that Matter.
A Johannesburg litigation practice for commercial, civil and family disputes that must be argued carefully — and resolved with judgement.
Litigation-led
Commercial, civil, family and public-law disputes.
Attorneys of record
Gauteng Division, with appellate work when the matter requires it.
A working office
Files move. Diaries hold. You can reach the practice.
01 — Practice
Where we are instructed
Civil & Commercial Litigation
High Court and appellate work for companies, close corporations and individuals when a dispute has to be pleaded, proved and decided.
Read more02Contract & Commercial Disputes
Breach, interpretation, cancellation and damages where a commercial relationship has failed and the documents have to do the talking.
Read more03Insolvency & Collections
Recovering what is owed, and defending those who are being pressed, including winding-up, sequestration and ordinary debt collection.
Read more04Mining & Resources
Commercial and dispute work arising from mining plant, offtake, contractors and the companies that sit around a mineral right.
Read more05Family Law
Divorce, maintenance and related High Court family work, handled with the same discipline as a commercial brief.
Read more06Administrative & Public Law
Reviews, constitutional points and public-law disputes where an organ of state, a school or a public body has to answer for a decision.
Read more02 — The Firm
A Johannesburg practice that still answers the telephone.
Kevin Hyde Attorneys is a sole practice. The work is litigation: putting a client in a position to decide, then carrying that decision through the High Court — and, when required, further.
We have been attorneys of record in reported Gauteng High Court matters and in the Supreme Court of Appeal. That is not a slogan. It is the file.
About the firm03 — How we work
Four steps. No theatre.
01
First consultation
We take the facts, the documents and the outcome you actually need. You leave with a view of the options — including the option to do nothing.
02
Advice, in writing
A short, usable note: merits, procedure, cost and timing. No theatre. If the case is weak, we say so before you spend the money.
03
The work
Pleadings, correspondence, discovery and the briefing of counsel where the matter requires it. You are copied, not surprised.
04
Resolution
A hearing, a settlement, or a withdrawal — whichever serves the client. The file is closed with the same care it was opened.
04 — Insights
Notes from the practice
Instructing in High Court motion proceedings
Motion court rewards a clean founding affidavit and punishes a file that was assembled in a hurry. A short note on how we prepare.
When a commercial relationship breaks: first steps
Before the letter of demand, read the contract you signed. Most of the case is already in it.
POPIA and the client file in a small practice
A litigation file is full of other people’s information. The statute is not optional because the firm is small.
Tell us about the matter.
A first consultation is a conversation, not a retainer. If we are not the right attorneys, we will say so.