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Read morex 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 […]
Read morex 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 […]
Read morex 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 […]
Read morex 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 […]
Read morex 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 […]
Read morex 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 […]
Read morex 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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