By Nomfundo Manyathi-Jele

The Pretoria Society of Advocates (Pretoria Bar) launched its new website in May. This means that attorneys looking for counsel that accept briefs in specific fields can search for this information on the new website.

Information available on the website includes –

• the management of the Pretoria Bar;
• contact details of individual members of the Pretoria Bar;
• fields of practice of individual members;
• the procedure for lodging complaints against members;
• contact details of the Arbitration Foundation of South Africa, as well as its rules, tariffs, venues, filing procedure and Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators; and
• information regarding pupillage.

‘Of particular importance for attorneys is the page listing the various fields of practice of the individual members of the Pretoria Bar.  By selecting a specific field of practice, a list appears of all members, in order of seniority, who accept briefs in that specific field. By further selecting the name of a specific member, the professional profile of that member appears, which shows his or her personal contact details,’ Chairperson of the Pretoria Bar, advocate Norman Davis SC, said in a press release.

The daily court rolls (ie, day rolls, motion court rolls and urgent court roll) of the Gauteng Local Division of the High Court in Pretoria, are also made available on the website. The main aim of the new website is to enhance access to, not only the services provided by the Pretoria Bar and its members, but also to have access to justice in general.

• The website can be accessed at www.pretoriabar.co.za

Nomfundo Manyathi-Jele NDip Journ (DUT) BTech Journ (TUT) is the news editor at De Rebus.

This article was first published in De Rebus in 2016 (July) DR 9.