The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) in collaboration with the Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity Fund (the LPFF), hosted a young lawyers’ conference in Johannesburg on 29 June 2024, which aimed […]
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By Joanne Anthony-Gooden The International Bar Association’s (IBA) 17th Annual Bar Leaders’ Conference was held from 22 to 25 May 2024 in Bucharest, Romania. President of the Law Society of […]
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The Black Lawyers Association (BLA) held their national general meeting on 8 June 2024 in White River, Mpumalanga, under the theme ‘A reimaged Black Lawyers Association at the centre of […]
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Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Ronald Lamola, joined the legal profession in paying a special tribute to the late Justice Yvonne Mokgoro who passed away on 9 May 2024. […]
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PO Box 36626, Menlo Park 0102 Docex 82, Pretoria E-mail: derebus@derebus.org.za Fax (012) 362 0969 Letters are not published under noms de plume. However, letters from practising attorneys who make their identities […]
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On 2 June 2024, the world learned that the Law Society of South Africa’s (LSSA) Executive Director Tony Pillay had passed away, sending shockwaves through the legal profession both locally […]
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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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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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This second article of the Law Society of South Africa’s (LSSA) Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM), held on 19 and 20 April 2024, focuses on the panel discussions […]
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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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