27 3.4 Resorting to the law and the justice system From the outset, the farmers sought the protection of the law and the courts, and, as seen below in Table 12, there were highly unsatisfactory results. Table 12 Legal actions taken. Number[%] Objected to designation 183[97%] Contested in administrative 142[75%] court Conceded farm under duress 799[42%] Forcibly evicted 139[74%] Obtained court order 60[32%] Number of court orders 254[mean:4.1; sd:12.2] Virtually all the sample of the commercial farmers objected to the designation of their farms, but not all attempted to defend this in the Administrative Court. A very high percentage [74%] was forcibly evicted, but most did not concede their farms even under duress. As can also be seen, only 32% obtained court orders to prevent interference with the activities of the farm, but it can also be seen that those who did seek orders were forced, on average, to seek more than one order. The sample as a whole reported spending more than US$1 million on legal fees defending their rights and attempting to obtain injunctions forcing the ZRP to protect themselves, their families, their workers and their families [see Table 13 below]. Table 13 Seeking support from the police. Number Try to get police enforcement 71[38%] of court order. Number of times tried. 1.5[sd.5.9] Was it successful? 12[6%] Try to get police to stop 156[83%] violence. Number of times tried 4.01[sd.8.2] Were police helpful? 60[32%] Number of times were 210[mean:1.1] helpful? Police intimidated? 76[40%] Sympathetic police 117[62%] transferred. A Preliminary Report on Human Rights Violations on Commercial Farms, 2000 to 2005.