By Barbara Whittle On 29 October, before the dissolution of the four statutory provincial law societies, the Council of the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) adopted the first amendment […]
Read moreBy Barbara Whittle The Legal Practice Council (LPC) took over the regulation of legal practitioners (attorneys and advocates) on 1 November. The four former statutory provincial law societies are now […]
Read moreBy Barbara Whittle Following the leak of the August Attorneys Admission Examination papers, the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) appointed an independent law firm to investigate the leaks. An […]
Read moreBy Barbara Whittle On 8 October, at a press conference in Pretoria, the National Forum on the Legal Profession (NF) announced the results of the first election for council members […]
Read moreBy Barbara Whittle With the imminent implementation of the Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014, expected to come into operation on 31 October, the four statutory provincial law societies held […]
Read moreBy Barbara Whittle In October, the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) commended President Cyril Ramaphosa for setting up a panel of independent legal organisations to identify a suitable, fit […]
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By Barbara Whittle Opening the Judicial Skills workshop in East London in July, the Judge President of the Eastern Cape Division, Selby Mbenenge impressed on participants that judgeship is not […]
Read moreBy Nomfundo Manyathi-Jele During February and March the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) held information session roadshows across the country. The immediate former Co-chairpersons of the LSSA, Walid Brown […]
Read moreThis year’s National Wills Week will be held from 17 to 21 September. Participating attorneys will be provided with free posters to publicise the firm’s participation. Provision is made on […]
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By Nomfundo Manyathi-Jele Mthatha attorney, Mvuzo Notyesi, and Somerset West attorney, Ettienne Barnard, were elected Co-chairpersons of the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) at its annual general meeting held […]
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