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 moreAs 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 moreS 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 moreSouth 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 moreBy 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 moreThe 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 moreWith 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 moreThe 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 moreThistle 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 moreThe 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 […]
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