By Barbara Whittle Some 500 attorneys and candidate attorneys have made themselves available as volunteer observers for the national elections on 7 May. The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) […]
Read moreBy Barbara Whittle The Legal Practice Bill was passed by the National Assembly on 12 March 2014 and was sent to the office of the State Legal Adviser for final […]
Read moreBy Nomfundo Manyathi-Jele The Rules Board under, the auspices of the Justice Department, held an indaba on the legal costs of access to justice in Kempton Park in February 2014. […]
Read moreParliament recently passed three new Bills, namely, the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill B35 of 2013, the Private Security Industry Regulation Amendment Bill B27 of 2012 and the Infrastructure […]
Read moreBy Nomfundo Manyathi-Jele The South African Society for Labour Law (Saslaw) held a fundraising event that coincided with the launching of Saslaw as a non-profit company (NPC). The event was […]
Read moreBy Nomfundo Manyathi-Jele The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA), in conjunction with the National Association of Democratic Lawyers, held a summit on professional legal ethics in Durban at the […]
Read moreBy Mapula Thebe The National Association of Democratic Lawyers (NADEL) held its annual general meeting (AGM) in Durban in February. The theme for the conference was ‘Twenty years of democracy […]
Read moreCape Town attorney Vanessa Ferguson, speaking at a round table on the fight against counterfeiting in Cape Town on 13 February, said that because South Africa has the largest economy […]
Read moreBy Nomfundo Manyathi-Jele Following the passing of former President Nelson Mandela on 5 December 2013 at the age of 95, De Rebus contacted the President of the Law Society of […]
Read moreMapula Thebe – Editor The much contested issue of common law contingency fee agreements was resolved by the recent Constitutional Court (CC) judgment in De la Guerre v Ronald Bobroff […]
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