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, lies in […]
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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 for specialised […]
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The complexities of conducting a legal practice have increased substantially in recent years. Legal practitioners now face multifaceted challenges, including difficult economic and business conditions on the one hand, compounded […]
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The global COVID-19 pandemic has led to a sudden change in the way many organisations work, and the legal profession is not an exception to this new normal. This has […]
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The risks associated with cyber extortion engulf every industry as cyberattacks make the headlines daily, and as cybercrime hits pandemic levels, we see a shift to data theft and extortion […]
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By William Rampela Mokoena The Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity Fund (the LPFF) is liable to repay claimants who show that they have suffered pecuniary loss due to theft of money or […]
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Many of the professional indemnity (PI) claims notified to the Legal Practitioners Indemnity Insurance Fund NPC (the LPIIF) arise from circumstances where the legal practitioners concerned did not attend to […]
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The legal profession has been regarded as an honourable profession from time immemorial and legal practitioners are generally held in high esteem by members of the public. In Vassen v […]
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The relationship between a legal practitioner and their client originates from the mandate given by the latter to the former. The relationship exists for as long as the mandate is […]
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There are many instances in legal practice where legal practitioners are not timeously placed in funds to pursue the matters in which they are instructed to finality. The clients concerned […]
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