Legal practice

It’s 2025 and you still don’t know the difference between the Law Society of South Africa and the Legal Practice Council?

Despite the Legal Practice Council (LPC) having been established six years ago, confusion persists among legal practitioners regarding its role and how it differs from the Law Society of South […]

Read more

Leadership in practice: Successful legal practitioners are successful leaders

As the legal profession is always evolving, being a successful legal practitioner is not solely tied to being an academic genius and by having legal skills. A successful legal practitioner […]

Read more

The proper administration of justice will fall into disrepute if suspended legal practitioners are permitted to appear without consequence

S v Mkhize (Special Review) (KZP) (unreported case no RC552/2024; 15/2024, 23-12-2024) (Mossop J and Bezuidenhout J) The KwaZulu-Natal Division of the High Court set aside a sentence that was […]

Read more

Balancing privacy rights and confidential mental health reporting for attorneys

South African Legal Practice Council v Halles and Another (GP) (unreported case no 35117/2022, 5-6-2024) (Davis J, Mooki J and Matthys AJ) The intersection of mental health and legal practice […]

Read more

Legal Practice Act and commissioners of oaths – a response from the Legal Practice Council

By Brian Mhlongo The article by Bruce Andre Barkhuizen (Bruce Andre Barkhuizen ‘Are legal practitioners admitted in terms of the Legal Practice Act commissioners of oaths?’ 2024 (Dec) DR 20) […]

Read more

The significance of only using registered entities to conduct legal practice

The events underlying the dispute between the parties in Legal Practice Council v Mjila and Another (NCK) (unreported case no 1635/22, 1-3-2024) (Tlaletsi JP, Williams J and Lever J) raise […]

Read more

Are legal practitioners admitted in terms of the Legal Practice Act commissioners of oaths?

With the enactment of the Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014 (LPA), a large number of legal practitioners have been admitted as attorneys and advocates – however, some of the […]

Read more

Is the State Attorney’s briefing system anti-competitive and hindering transformative progress

The Office of the State Attorney is the biggest litigator in the legal fraternity, as it represents a large portion of the organs of state within the meaning of s […]

Read more

Where does liability lie for capital gains tax in multi-tiered trust structures?

Thistle Trust v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service (CC) (unreported case no CCT 337/22, 2-10-2024) (Bilchitz AJ, Chaskalson AJ, Madlanga J, Majiedt J, Mathopo J, Mhlantla J, Theron […]

Read more

Administering an oath or affirmation as an ex officio legal practitioner

The authority of a commissioner of oaths to administer an oath or affirmation, is regulated by the Justices of the Peace and Commissioners of Oaths Act 16 of 1963 (the […]

Read more
X
De Rebus