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 […]
Read moreThis 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 […]
Read moreMatlhwana 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 […]
Read moreLexisNexis 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 […]
Read moreLegal 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 […]
Read moreThe 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 […]
Read moreLegal 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 […]
Read moreBy 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 […]
Read moreOn 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 […]
Read moreTerminated 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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