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 […]
Read moreBy 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 […]
Read moreBy 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 […]
Read moreOn 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 […]
Read morePrior 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 […]
Read moreBy 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 […]
Read moreCash 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 […]
Read moreFrom 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 […]
Read moreIn 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 […]
Read moreBy 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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