. Clients of the SBC could not afford sheriff's fees for divorces, as most of them were unemployed and financially dependent on their husbands; . Staff at the SBC were working at maximum capacity; . The SBC was struggling to get documents to court due to the fact that it had only one motor vehicle that was also used by other projects, e.g. for donation pick-ups; . Magistrates at court did not see the urgency of clients' protection order applications; where there was physical abuse magistrates gave only a court date, whereas they could give an interim protection order so that the client already had protection for the period before the court date; and . the same problem was experienced with the clerks at the court who did not take applications to the magistrates immediately.