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Advocating for accountability: Highlights from the Gauteng Attorneys Association AGM

  The Gauteng Attorneys Association (GAA) hosted its Annual General Meeting on 14 November 2024. The event featured a keynote address by Chief Executive Officer of the Organisation Undoing Tax […]

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RAF Chief Executive Officer apologises to black legal practitioners

Road Accident Fund’s (RAF) Chief Executive Officer, Collins Letsoalo, apologised to legal practitioners for stepping on their toes. Mr Letsoalo was addressing the Black Lawyers Association (BLA) members at their […]

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The proper administration of justice will fall into disrepute if suspended legal practitioners are permitted to appear without consequence

S v Mkhize (Special Review) (KZP) (unreported case no RC552/2024; 15/2024, 23-12-2024) (Mossop J and Bezuidenhout J) The KwaZulu-Natal Division of the High Court set aside a sentence that was […]

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Legal Practice Act and commissioners of oaths – a response from the Legal Practice Council

By Brian Mhlongo The article by Bruce Andre Barkhuizen (Bruce Andre Barkhuizen ‘Are legal practitioners admitted in terms of the Legal Practice Act commissioners of oaths?’ 2024 (Dec) DR 20) […]

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The significance of only using registered entities to conduct legal practice

The events underlying the dispute between the parties in Legal Practice Council v Mjila and Another (NCK) (unreported case no 1635/22, 1-3-2024) (Tlaletsi JP, Williams J and Lever J) raise […]

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Wits hosts inaugural lecture for Professor Clement Marumoagae

The University of the Witwatersrand hosted an inaugural lecture for one of their newest lecturers, Professor Clement Marumoagae on 17 September 2024. The lecture was attended by students, academia, legal […]

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NADEL secures favourable outcome in dispute over LPFF Board elections

The National Association of Democratic Lawyers (NADEL) issued a statement announcing a favourable legal outcome. This was after the Gauteng Division of the High Court in Pretoria delivered a judgment […]

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Property Law Committee meeting summary

By Kevin O’Reilly The Law Society of South Africa’s (LSSA) Property Law Committee (the committee) met on 25 July 2024 to consider various issues pertaining to its area of focus. […]

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Prioritising mental health in the legal profession

In April 2024, eNCA reported that a recent UNICEF report revealed that 60% of young South Africans have sought mental health assistance in the past year (eNCA ‘South Africa ranks […]

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Young legal practitioners not involved in the politics of the profession

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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