Archive 2020

Legal Aid SA engages stakeholders on its five-year strategic plan

By Kgomotso Ramotsho Legal Aid South Africa (Legal Aid SA), held a strategic plan meeting for 2020 – 2025 stakeholders’ consultation on 21 January in Pretoria. The meeting was an […]

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National Bar Association holds its Mid-Winter Meeting in South Africa

By Kgomotso Ramotsho The National Bar Association’s (NBA) Judicial Council held its 2020 Mid-Winter Meeting in Johannesburg on 29 January and in Cape Town on 5 February. Chairperson of the […]

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Team South Africa named World Moot Court competition champions

By Kgomotso Ramotsho The South African Human Rights Commission (the SAHRC) has congratulated Team South Africa (SA) for winning the Fifth International School Moot Court Competition in Poland on 31 […]

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LSSA and LPC discuss issues of importance to the legal profession

On 1 February the Executive Committee of the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) and the Executive Committee of the Legal Practice Council (LPC) held a meeting to discuss issues […]

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A victory for parents and children – the commencement of the amendments to the Basic Conditions of Employment Act

Prior to the amendments to the Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997 (BCEA), an employee, who did not qualify for maternity leave was only entitled to three days […]

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Using a risk-based approach to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

By the Financial Intelligence Centre As accountable institutions listed in sch 1 of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act 38 of 2001 (FIC Act), legal practitioners are required to apply a […]

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Accounts receivable: Client billing

Cash flows into the business bank account as payment received for work done. In order to receive payment, legal practitioners need to report to clients the nature of work done […]

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Determining a trust position

From the inspections that the Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity Fund (LPFF) have conducted on the trust accounts of trust legal practices, the LPFF has noted that there is often a lack […]

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Two lawyers named Mpofu: Is the permanent residence requirement in the LPA unconstitutional?

In August 2018 the world’s attention was on Zimbabwe. The landmark elections and ensuing Constitutional Court challenge made quite a spectacle for the international media. One of the sideshows that […]

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Understanding ‘emergency monetary relief’ in the Domestic Violence Act

By Dr Fareed Moosa Domestic violence is a brutal onslaught against constitutional values and the fundamental right to freedom and security of the person. In S v Baloyi (Minister of […]

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