43 years in practice
Somerset West, Western Cape
81 Helderberg College Road, Somerset West, 7130, Cape Town
+27 (0)21 852 8313
42 years in practice
Somerset West, Western Cape
2nd Floor, On the Greens, Golf Village, de Beer Street, Somerset West (Covering also the Stellenbosch & Strand Jurisdictions)021 852 4554
26 years in practice
Somerset West, Western Cape
Unit 304 Crossfire Place, 15 Gardner Williams Avenue, Paardevlei, Somerset West+27 (0)21 852 7660/6 Fax: +27 (0)21 852 7661
16 years in practice
Somerset West, Western Cape
9 Orange Street, Bridgewater, Somerset West079 892 4532
14 years in practice
Somerset West, Western Cape
Somerset West, Western Cape+27 (0)21 851 0320
12 years in practice
Somerset West, Western Cape
Unit 14B, First Floor, Fairview Centre, Caledon Street, Somerset West+27 (0)21 035 0317
8 years in practice
Somerset West, Western Cape
Unit 7 Tonquani House, 6 Gardner Williams Avenue, Paardevlei, Somerset West, 7130021 020 1586
Law Firm
Somerset West, Western Cape
Ground Floor, Glen Eagles Building, Somerset Links Office Park, De Beers Ave, Somerset West, Cape Town, 7130083 457 4370Of the 14 law firms we list in Somerset West, 8 handle evictions work, about 57% of the local market. The longest established are Hannes Pretorius Bock & Bryant Attorneys (43 years), Saunders Osborne van der Watt (42 years) and Raymond McCreath Inc (26 years). All of them have a full profile on our site, with their people, history and the courts they use.
In South Africa nobody may be evicted from their home without a court order. The Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act 19 of 1998 (PIE) sets out the procedure, and the court must consider whether eviction is just and equitable. Eviction lawyers act for landlords and owners, and for tenants and occupiers facing eviction.
Claims of up to R200,000 are heard in the district magistrate's court and up to R400,000 in the Regional Court. The Small Claims Court handles claims of up to R30,000 (from 1 August 2026) without lawyers. No one may be evicted from their home without a court order under the PIE Act. The Somerset West Magistrate's Court at 33 Caledon Street, Somerset West, 7129 serves Somerset West. The nearest Legal Aid SA office is in Stellenbosch, about 17 km away: Legal Aid SA Stellenbosch Local Office, Office 201, 2nd Floor, Eikestad Mall, Bird Street, Stellenbosch, 7600. Legal Aid helps people who pass its means test, mainly in criminal, family and eviction matters.
No. Taking the law into your own hands is unlawful. A landlord needs a court order to evict, and a tenant who is locked out can apply urgently to be let back in.
It depends on whether it is opposed. The PIE Act requires notice to the occupier and the municipality before the hearing, so even unopposed evictions take some weeks.
Compare the firms above that handle evictions in Somerset West and ask whether they act for landlords, tenants or both.
Smaller civil claims from Somerset West are heard at the Somerset West Magistrate's Court. Larger claims go to the Western Cape Division of the High Court.
Legal Aid South Africa helps people who qualify under its means test. The closest office to Somerset West is Legal Aid SA Stellenbosch Local Office, about 17 km away.
