Practice Management

Leadership in practice: Successful legal practitioners are successful leaders

As the legal profession is always evolving, being a successful legal practitioner is not solely tied to being an academic genius and by having legal skills. A successful legal practitioner […]

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Cybercrime: Scam alert – ‘pig butchering’

A developing scam has continued to draw attention to a well-known virtual currency investment fraud called ‘pig butchering.’ This scam has its roots in Southeast Asia, and its name is […]

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The significance of only using registered entities to conduct legal practice

The events underlying the dispute between the parties in Legal Practice Council v Mjila and Another (NCK) (unreported case no 1635/22, 1-3-2024) (Tlaletsi JP, Williams J and Lever J) raise […]

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Administering an oath or affirmation as an ex officio legal practitioner

The authority of a commissioner of oaths to administer an oath or affirmation, is regulated by the Justices of the Peace and Commissioners of Oaths Act 16 of 1963 (the […]

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Trust filing season: Sars focuses on the accountability of trustees, tax and legal practitioners

Supplied by Sars The filing season for trusts runs between 16 September 2024 and 20 January 2025. This article supplied by the South African Revenue Service (Sars), outlines the tax […]

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The risk of taking on too much work

There are many variations of the proverb ‘the final straw that broke the camel’s back’ used to emphasise how a series of challenging or intolerable events can push one over […]

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Accounting for s 86(4) investments in trust financial records

Results from our inspections on trust accounting records highlighted that most firms in the legal profession and in practice do not record and maintain trust client ledgers for s 86(4) […]

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Managing the risk of scope creep

Scope creep is a concept in project management where the scope is altered without being properly requested and documented. The changes affect various other areas of the project, including the […]

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The role and purpose of the Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity Fund

The Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity Fund (LPFF) is often approached by legal practitioners inquiring about the amounts of insurance cover they enjoyed under the LPFF for theft of trust funds. These […]

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Pander to client whims at your peril

Legal practitioners may find themselves in situations where clients insist that an unsustainable case be advanced. Taking on matters where clients seek to litigate on principle, prove a point to […]

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