Legal practice

The role and purpose of the Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity Fund

The Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity Fund (LPFF) is often approached by legal practitioners inquiring about the amounts of insurance cover they enjoyed under the LPFF for theft of trust funds. These […]

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Navigating the community service regulations for legal practitioners: Section 29 of the Legal Practice Act – part 2

This second article will briefly analyse the community service regulations, their implications and then make some concluding remarks and observations (see part one: Ilan Lax ‘Navigating the community service regulations […]

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Candidate legal practitioner succeeds in case against regulator on cession of PVT contract

Matlhwana v South African Legal Practice Council and Others (GP) (unreported case no 051162/2024, 15-5-2024) (Millar J) The Gauteng Division of the High Court in Pretoria found the decision by […]

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Commissioning of oaths in the 21st century: Part 2

LexisNexis South Africa (Pty) Ltd v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services (GP) (unreported case no 2023-010096) (Swanepoel J) The matter of LexisNexis South Africa (Pty) Ltd v Minister of […]

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Pander to client whims at your peril

Legal practitioners may find themselves in situations where clients insist that an unsustainable case be advanced. Taking on matters where clients seek to litigate on principle, prove a point to […]

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Navigating the community service regulations for legal practitioners: Section 29 of the Legal Practice Act

The imminent commencement of the obligation on practising and candidate legal practitioners (PLPs and CLPs) to render community service pursuant to s 29 of the Legal Practice Act 28 of […]

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Safeguarding the perception on the legal profession – explicit and implicit expectations of clients

Legal services fall within the professional services industry. A professional services industry ‘refers to any business, department, or individual whose core output is a service or expertise rather than a […]

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South African economic trends and workplace mental health: Employer-employee responsibilities

By Kyle Bester and Prof Nombulelo Mabeka The economy from a global perspective has undergone multiple shifts, this includes the apparent change brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The World […]

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To admit or not: Case comment of Ex Parte Galela

On 1 November 2023, the Legal Practice Council (LPC) celebrated five years of its existence since the coming into effect of the Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014. It was […]

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A terminated mandate and premature execution: Lessons from the Patel case

Terminated mandates Clients enjoy the freedom to instruct a legal practitioner of their choice. This is recognised in the Code of Conduct for all Legal Practitioners, Candidate Legal Practitioners and […]

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