Legal services fall within the professional services industry. A professional services industry ‘refers to any business, department, or individual whose core output is a service or expertise rather than a […]
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Terminated mandates Clients enjoy the freedom to instruct a legal practitioner of their choice. This is recognised in the Code of Conduct for all Legal Practitioners, Candidate Legal Practitioners and […]
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This article has been prepared with the intention to serve as a quick and ready guide in drafting a plea. They do not have, as LTC Harms puts it in […]
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By Rob Rafferty I was sitting in a client’s reception, paging through an October 2022 edition of De Rebus, when my eye caught a well written article ‘The need for […]
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By Rob Rafferty In my previous article, I discussed the false sense of security when it comes to cyber insurance, and the need to complement such insurance with certain prevention […]
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Law firms commonly implement internal structures aimed at meeting their peculiar requirements. The structures may include rules for the admission of partners (directors in the case of incorporated firms) and […]
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A person who has previously been removed from or struck off the roll of legal practitioners on the grounds that he or she was not a fit and proper person […]
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It goes without saying that legal practice is constantly evolving and that legal practitioners must keep up with these changes. On the one hand, there is a need to have […]
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As legal practitioners we pour our energy into practising law and acquiring knowledge of the law. However, that is not the only skill required to practise our profession. We also […]
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The provision for a default award in arbitration proceedings, is contained in s 15(2) of the Arbitration Act 42 of 1965. This section provides for the arbitration tribunal to proceed […]
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