Archive for April, 2023

Chief Justice Zondo hopes to inspire legal practitioners

x Bookmark The Johannesburg Attorneys Association (JAA) held a Judges Function Cocktail Party on 16 March 2023 in Johannesburg. Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, the keynote speaker, gave legal practitioners words […]

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LSSA Annual Conference and AGM 2023 – photo gallery

x Bookmark The Law Society of South Africa’s Annual Conference and Annual General meeting took place on 24 and 25 March 2023 at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg. All photos taken […]

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More and more young female legal practitioners boldly occupying spaces

x Bookmark The Institute for African Women in Law held a webinar under the theme ‘African Women in Law Rising, Embrace Equity’. Vice President of the Law Society of Kenya, […]

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Applications to PVT Schools with foreign law degrees

x Bookmark By Michelle Beatson Recently, there has been numerous applications to the Legal Education and Development’s Practical Vocational Training School for Legal Practice (PVT School) nationally by persons in […]

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Letters to the editor – April 2023

x Bookmark PO Box 36626, Menlo Park 0102 Docex 82, Pretoria E-mail: derebus@derebus.org.za Fax: (012) 362 0969 Letters are not published under noms de plume. However, letters from practising attorneys who make […]

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Bad habits to avoid as a legal practitioner in practice

x Bookmark Becoming a successful legal practitioner in practice demands recognition of significant aspects of running a business. What separates those that will make it and those that will not, […]

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Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, to which court will foreclosures go? (Part 3): The Constitutional Court has confirmed the position

x Bookmark Some may recall the articles ‘Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, to which court will foreclosures go? A brief analysis of recent foreclosure proceedings and a consideration of the need […]

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An aggrieved party affected by a decision – where to go if you intend to review a decision by the Competition Commission?

x Bookmark On 27 October 2022 the Constitutional Court (CC) in Competition Commission of South Africa v Group Five Construction Ltd 2023 (1) BCLR 1 (CC), handed down judgment to […]

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The ‘any court’ conundrum – revisiting s 16(2) of the Maintenance Act

x Bookmark Section 16(2) of the Maintenance Act 99 of 1998 provides that ‘any court’ – including a children’s court – can issue a maintenance order. South African courts, like […]

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Chatting with ChatGPT: Will attorneys be able to use AI to draft contracts?

x Bookmark Prof Michele van Eck OpenAI’s development of ChatGPT has opened the world to the wonders of technology and the potential of artificial intelligence (AI). ChatGPT is a tool […]

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