Posts tagged as COVID-19 pandemic

Is a perfect storm on the way?

x Bookmark I am not aware of any previous period in history, when numerous events taking place simultaneously, have had such a profound impact on legal practice in South Africa […]

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Driver’s licence and own vehicle no longer an employment requirement

x Bookmark As 2021 begins amidst the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, South Africa (SA) was moved back to Adjusted Alert Level 3, on 29 December 2020, in order to […]

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Is the remission of jail sentences constitutionally unfair?

x Bookmark Apologies, if I come across as treading down the path of deliberative discourse, but one cannot ignore topical and emotive considerations. The first, evidenced by the epideictic rhetoric […]

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ADF pleased with loan re-payments from beneficiaries

x Bookmark By Kgomotso Ramotsho The Attorneys Development Fund (ADF) held its annual general meeting (AGM) on 3 October 2020 in Johannesburg. During the AGM, the chairperson of the ADF, […]

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The legal profession’s focus on the future

x Bookmark The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has forced many legal practitioners to shut their law firms’ doors forever. Those legal practitioners who are lucky enough to be able to continue […]

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Separation of church and state: Making sense of freedom of religion under lockdown regulations

x Bookmark A central tenet and essential element of the Christian, Jewish and Muslim religion is the ability for believers to assemble, have fellowship and meet. In the Bible (NIV), […]

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PPE contracts, ethics, morality and the law

x Bookmark The popular Latin maxim fiat justitia, ruat caelum guides lawyers to an understanding that we should endeavour to see justice being done, even if it means that the […]

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South African Board of Sheriffs takes matters of corruption seriously

x Bookmark By Kgomotso Ramotsho The South African Board for Sheriffs (SABFS) held a virtual Imbizo on 4 September 2020, under the theme: ‘Keeping the wheels of justice turning despite […]

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Mental health and the workplace: The role of the employer

x Bookmark Mental health has been an issue that has been of concern for some time now, but since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic around the globe, attention to […]

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Lessons learned from law firm failures

x Bookmark Much has been written about the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic and other geo-political and macro-economic events may have on legal practice. As legal practitioners analyse the economic […]

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