Posts tagged as Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014

The importance of a trust audit and the value thereof for the legal practice

x Bookmark Legal practitioners hold a high level of trust with their clients and are perceived as trustworthy in the eyes of the public. They have and fulfil a fiduciary […]

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Inspection of accounting records

x Bookmark By Rampela Mokoena In the article ‘Handling of trust money – dealing with the obligations of a trust account legal practitioner’ 2019 (May) DR 6, I suggested that […]

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Retired Justice Desai appointed as the Legal Services Ombud

x Bookmark By Kgomotso Ramotsho President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed recently retired Justice Sirajudien Desai as the Legal Services Ombud in terms of s 47 of the Legal Practice Act […]

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What does the Law Society of South Africa do?

x Bookmark With the enactment of the Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014 and the establishment of the Legal Practice Council (LPC), legal practitioners have been questioning if there is […]

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Rule change to enable online elections for the Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity Fund Board

x Bookmark On 24 July the Legal Practice Council (LPC) issued a notice in terms of s 95(5) of the Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014 (LPA). The purpose of […]

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Litigation: Cape Bar Council v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and Others

x Bookmark By Nomfundo Jele The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) was the fourth amicus in the matter of the Cape Bar Council v Minister of Justice and Correctional […]

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Elections: Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity Fund Board

x Bookmark By Nomfundo Jele The Legal Practice Council (LPC) has informed practising legal practitioners of the impending elections for the Board of Control of the Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity Fund […]

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The increased importance of maintaining proper and accurate trust accounting records

x Bookmark It is common knowledge that attorneys practising for own account, either as a director, partner or sole practitioner and s 34(2)(b) advocates are required in terms of s […]

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