By Ann Bertelsmann Ms Viljoen (V) owned a boutique in a large shopping mall. She alleged that her landlord had wrongfully evicted her from the premises, causing her to lose […]
Read moreBy the Financial Forensic Investigation Team of the Attorneys Fidelity Fund Clients from time to time entrust their money and/or property to practitioners for future payments on their instructions to […]
Read moreBy Ann Bertelsmann Businessdictionary.com succinctly defines it as ‘monitoring and regulating of processes, or delegated activities, responsibilities, or tasks’ (www.businessdictionary.com, accessed 28-11-2014). In this article, I limit the discussion to […]
Read moreBy Andrew Stansfield and Robert Burawundi This article is intended to be a comprehensive reference document. Please retain it as part of the accounting process documents relating to your practice. […]
Read moreBy the Forensic Investigation Team of the Attorneys Fidelity Fund As part of remaining transparent and accountable to their clients, practitioners are required by their rules to account to their […]
Read moreBy Ann Bertelsmann As a professional indemnity insurer to the profession, the Attorneys Insurance Indemnity Fund is notified of many and varied instances of fraud perpetrated against attorneys by outsiders […]
Read moreBy Ann Bertelsmann Looking at many claims reported to the Attorneys Insurance Indemnity Fund (AIIF) my answer would be ‘no’ to both the above questions. In fact, most practitioners could […]
Read moreBy the Forensic Investigation Team of the Attorneys Fidelity Fund In terms of the rules of the various law societies, there is a requirement on the part of all practitioners […]
Read moreBy Louis Rood To be successful, all law firms need to be well managed. The functions and responsibilities of a managing partner or an executive management committee derive not only […]
Read moreBy Ann Bertelsmann Leading on from the article in this column in 2014 (May) DR 23 ‘Is your firm at risk for claims by clients or third parties?’– this discussion […]
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