LSSA at Commonwealth Law Conference in Melbourne

May 1st, 2017
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By Barbara Whittle

From left: Former Co-chairpersons of the LSSA, David Bekker and Jan van Rensburg, with the immediate Past President of the Law Society of Hong Kong, Stephen Hung.

Advocate Thuli Madonsela received the 3rd Rule of Law Award at the 20th Commonwealth Law Conference last month in Melbourne. She was nominated for the award by the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) (see ‘LSSA congratulates former Public Protector on Commonwealth Law Conference Rule of Law Award’ 2017 (March) DR 9).

Mr Bekker is the LSSA’s representative on the CLA Council.

From left: Former Co-chairpersons of the LSSA, David Bekker and Jan van Rensburg, with the immediate Past President of the Law Society of Hong Kong, Stephen Hung.

LSSA representatives at the Commonwealth Law Conference in Melbourne, Australia – David Bekker and Jan van Rensburg – held an informal meeting with the immediate Past President of the Law Society of Hong Kong, Stephen Hung, where issues of mutual interest and concern to the profession were discussed.

Both Mr Bekker and Mr Van Rensburg participated as speakers at the conference: Mr Bekker, who is chairperson of the LSSA’s Financial Intelligence Centre Act Committee – spoke in the session on money laundering; and Mr Van Rensburg was a panellist in the session on ‘the ethics of litigating civil cases in the media’.

Barbara Whittle, communication manager, Law Society of South Africa, barbara@lssa.org.za

This article was first published in De Rebus in 2017 (May) DR 19.

 

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