Viv Greene Attorneys
Legal in Pietermaritzburg

Viv Greene Attorneys, is a boutique city based law firm. Our client base, Richmond, Polela, New Hanover, Mooi River, Lion’s River, Impendle, Camperdown, Bergville, which has jurisdiction over the whole of Kwazulu-Natal; The Pietermaritzburg Magistrates Court; The Pietermaritzburg Regional court which in turn has jurisdiction over Pietermaritzburg, (Pietermaritzburg), we are situated within the jurisdiction of:The Kwazulu-Natal High Court, and corporates is long-standing because we are committed to offering the same personalized services to all.Being based in Pietermaritzburg, to SME´s, which ranges from individuals, Umvoti and Underberg; The Master of the High Court and the Deeds Office. We are a general practice law firm and offer a wide range of specialist legal services. We serve the needs of a wide network of corresponding firms throughout the province of KwaZulu-Natal and South Africa.

The company offers a wide range of specialist legal services, with our client base ranging from private individuals to SME and corporate bodies. Our relationships with our clients are long-standing because we are committed to offering the same personalised services to all. Viv Greene Attorney & Notary The practice was established by British-born attorney Viv Greene, who, after working in the UK, moved to South Africa and worked for several reputable legal firms in Pietermaritzburg before starting her own legal firm in April 2011.She has worked in various areas of civil litigation and now mainly focuses on High Court litigation, labour, land issues and evictions in terms of both PIE and ESTA, and also advises clients on BEE. She has right of appearance in the High Court.Viv believes that excellent service is the minimum standard clients should expect from Viv Greene Attorneys. Her staff are recruited on the basis they have the same mantra hard wired into their system. Another aspect she has found leads to lots of referrals, is that every staff member is focused on efficiency and helping each clients legal matter arrive at a winning or best possible conclusion as quick as possible, thus keeping the clients costs down. Fern Sutherland Attorney Fern Sutherland, who was born and raised in Pietermaritzburg, lived on the Maritzburg College property growing up and immigrated to New Zealand with her family as a young girl. A year later her family return back home to Pietermaritzburg, this time to stay.Fern attended Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High School and after matriculating in 2005 had the great opportunity to spend the year abroad, which she did in the UK, Bath, before enrolling at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, in 2007.She graduated with an LLB degree in After completing her LLB degree she remained in Pietermaritzburg to serve her Articles of Clerkship, and was admitted as an attorney in January She entered the workforce immediately after matriculating in 2001 and her first administrative position was as a receptionist at Hay and Scott Attorneys. In 2005 she travelled to mid-town Manhattan, New York to work as an au pair for the Zuccotti/Weinstock family. After expressing an interest in law, her host family graciously offered to contribute towards the cost of her studies and after returning to South Africa she registered for her Bachelor of Laws through the University of South Africa (UNISA). Whilst living in Aberdeen she worked at both the Aberdeen City and the Aberdeenshire Councils and on board the Total North Alwyn Oil Platform in the North Sea. On her return to South Africa in 2009 she began working as a litigation secretary for Frederick Badenhorst gaining experience in the fields of Road Accident Fund claims, personal injury and medical negligence litigation. She completed her LLB in 2013 and began her articles at Stowell & Co. Attorneys where she was exposed to the fields of commercial law, High Court litigation and corporate collections. She has appeared in the Pietermaritzburg Regional Court and the Magistrates’ Courts in Pietermaritzburg and the surrounding areas. the KwaZulu-Natal High Court, which has jurisdiction over the whole province\. the Master of the High Court and the Deeds Office, which are based in Pietermaritzburg so we serve the needs of a wide network of corresponding firms throughout the province of KwaZulu-Natal and across South Africa. the KwaZulu-Natal Deeds Office where all property related transactions for KwaZulu-Natal are dealt with, and all records for the province in respect thereof are captured and kept. We are also situate near the Surveyor Generals Offices.