Magistrate's Office

The Magistrate's Office serves Hermanus residents and businesses with more than just court procedures. This is where local disputes get resolved, where civil claims are filed, where probate matters and debt cases are handled—the unsexy backbone of how a community keeps functioning when things go wrong between people. Hermanus relies on this service because not every legal matter needs an attorney, and not every dispute can afford one. The office processes the volume of everyday conflicts that tourism-driven growth creates: landlord-tenant disagreements, business dissolution, property claims. It's a public resource that becomes more critical as a small town grows and develops.