Archive for December, 2020

Launch of picture book for children and parents in divorce

x Bookmark On 5 November 2020 the book ‘I want to tell you’ was launched in Pretoria by the Director at Family Assist, Marici M Corneli. The book is meant […]

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Silas Nkanunu described as a humanitarian activist

x Bookmark By Kgomotso Ramotsho The National Association of Democratic Lawyers (NADEL) held a memorial for the late Silas Nkanunu on 16 November 2020. The Chairperson of the Legal Practice […]

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Legal practitioners in the SADC region must fight for the independence of the legal profession and the judiciary

x Bookmark By Kgomotso Ramotsho The Southern African Development Community Lawyers Association (SADC LA) held a webinar on 7 October 2020 under the theme ‘Regional Solidarity on the Independence of […]

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How does the Law Society of South Africa fulfil its functions?

x Bookmark In the November Editorial, ‘What does the Law Society of South Africa do?’ 2020 (Nov) DR 3, I wrote about the functions performed by the Law Society of […]

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When clients fail to cooperate

x Bookmark It is often said that legal practitioners are creatures of client instructions. At the core of the vast ecosystem that makes up legal practice is the relationship between […]

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Justice postponed: What causes unreasonable delays in criminal trials?

x Bookmark South Africa (SA) has a widely admired Constitution with a Bill of Rights that embeds human dignity and sets out minutely detailed protections for those arrested on criminal […]

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Completing the puzzle – Is there a solution to the delay in criminal trials?

x Bookmark In the first part of the article, we considered the delays that dog the South African criminal justice system – some systemic, some lawyer- and accused-instigated. Are there […]

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The tripartite disciplinary process: Launching dual disciplinary actions

x Bookmark An employer has the prerogative to institute disciplinary action against an employee who has committed misconduct. This article is based on the backdrop wherein the parties enter into […]

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Avoiding the potential pitfalls of dual citizenship

x Bookmark Since the COVID-19 lockdown, there has been a significant uptake in the number of South Africans who are considering emigration. All too often though, the emigrants are not […]

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Who takes the blame? Liability of the Minister of Police for unscrupulous conduct of his officials

x Bookmark The judgment of Mahlangu and Another v Minister of Police [2020] 2 All SA 656 (SCA) (see Merilyn Rowena Kader ‘Law Reports’ 2020 (Aug) DR 26) raises an […]

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