YEARS OF PROVEN RESULTS
Woodhead Bigby is a leading firm of Attorneys, Conveyancers and Notaries Public practising from its offices in La Lucia, Durban, Province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. With offices situated in La Lucia, forming part of the broader Durban North and Umhlanga Central Business District, the firm provides a broad range of legal services to local and international clients, including corporates, organs of the state, and individuals.
Since the firm’s foundation in 1922 by Theodore Woodhead, and through generations of top legal minds, the practice has evolved and built a solid reputation in the legal profession for over a century.
Woodhead Bigby is proud of its reputation and capacity to provide its clients with practical and reliable legal advice and legal services for fair value, with the emphasis on outcomes-based solutions.
The firm’s core services include Litigation, Corporate and Commercial, Property, Estates and Trusts and Notarial Practice, and Employment law.
We are proudly B-BBEE Level 1.
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Our Services
LITIGATION
Litigation deals with matters which involve disputes, claims and the recovery of debts, whether through the courts or by means of arbitration.
CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL
This department deals with matters which involve the corporate and commercial aspects of business.
PROPERTY
The Property department deals with matters which involve Conveyancing and Notarial practice.
ESTATES & TRUSTS
Estates and Trusts deal with a variety of matters such as planning, wills, trust deeds and contracts
EMPLOYMENT LAW
The department participates in a wide range of employment related matters
Our Blogs
Legal Speak Made Easy
“Lex domicilii matrimonii” This old legal concept, meaning literally “the law of the domicile of the marriage”, addresses a fundamental question facing courts when marriages involve multiple jurisdictions: “which country’s laws apply to this marriage?” If, for...
Can Your Neighbour’s CCTV Camera Point into Your Property?
“Good fences make good neighbours.” (Robert Frost) The neighbours, in the affluent suburb of Bakoven, had been locked in an acrimonious dispute for almost two decades when CCTV cameras became the latest point of contention. The cameras installed at one property had a...
A Pothole Causes You to Crash. Can You Sue the Government?
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” (Benjamin Franklin) On New Year’s Day in 2012, the rider was travelling along Airport Road (MR347), between George Airport and Blanco, when his motorcycle struck a pothole approximately 600mm wide. He lost control,...