July 2022

LSSA National Wills Week 2022 registration now open

The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) would like to inform all legal practitioners that the registration for the 2022 LSSA National Wills Week initiative, which will be held from […]

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Letters to the editor – July 2022

PO Box 36626, Menlo Park 0102 Docex 82, Pretoria E-mail: derebus@derebus.org.za Fax: (012) 362 0969 Letters are not published under noms de plume. However, letters from practising attorneys who make […]

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Launch of the Office of the Legal Services Ombud

By Isabel Joubert The launch of the Office of the Legal Services Ombud (OLSO) was held on 2 June 2022 in Pretoria. At the launch, opening remarks were given by […]

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High cost of civil and criminal litigation is one of the main barriers to accessing justice

The South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) handed over a report on Project 142: Investigation into legal fees, including access to justice and other interventions, with final recommendations to the […]

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People and Practices – July 2022

Compiled by Shireen Mahomed Garlicke & Bousfield Inc in La Lucia Ridge has appointed Michelle Posemann as a director in the employment law department. Dyason Attorneys in Pretoria has appointed […]

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Statutory obligations of legal practitioners in respect of trust money

The topic of the obligations of legal practitioners relating to the handling of trust money is one that has been covered before by the office of the Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity […]

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Ex parte writ of execution for arrear maintenance against retirement funds

A recent case handed down by the Gauteng Local Division High Court confirmed the legal position dealing with giving a defaulting father notice that the mother (the respondent) intended to […]

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Public policy, jus cogens norms and the fiduciary criterion of legitimacy

International law acknowledges and permits governments to govern and implement public policy to protect their citizens against external and internal threats. History teaches that rule by decree during declared states […]

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The proper interpretation of the word ‘offence’ – when an accused commits an offence while out on bail

By Morganambal Padavattan Where an accused has allegedly committed an offence referred to in sch 5 of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 (the CPA) while they were on […]

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Young legal practitioners must work hard and remain consistent

De Rebus News Reporter, Kgomotso Ramotsho, spoke to legal practitioner and Vice-President of the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA), Eunice Masipa. Ms Masipa originally hails from Polokwane in the […]

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