LPC staff suspended for ‘nullifying’ cases

At least two staff members of the Legal Practice Council (LPC) in the Eastern Cape have been placed on precautionary suspension after the lid blew wide open on ‘syndicates and unethical lawyers targeting LPC staff to nullify cases’.

Law firm sanctioned for violating FIC Act

A law firm faces a fine of more than R7.7m for failing to comply with legislation regarding financial information that must be declared to the authorities as part of SA's efforts to get off the international grey list.

Ramaphosa addresses Simelane, Motsoaledi scandals

President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday called for ‘time and space’ to deal with Justice Minister Thembi Simelane’s VBS scandal.

MKP MPs shrug off state capture claims

Three of the MKP’s newest parliamentarians have shrugged off state capture claims against them, saying authorities have failed to prove they did anything wrong when they were at the helm of three of the country’s key state-owned enterprises.

LPC ordered to admit attorney despite plagiarism case

The Legal Practice Council (LPC) has been ordered to admit an attorney after initially seeking to block her admission due to a plagiarism case during her university studies and her dismissal from a previous job for falling asleep during a night shift.

Judge Mngqibisa-Thusi guilty of misconduct

Gauteng High Court Judge Nomonde Mngqibisa-Thusi has been found guilty of misconduct for failure to hand down judgments on time on at least 26 occasions.

KZN MEC has ‘big plans’ to dismantle construction mafia

KZN Public Works and Infrastructure MEC Martin Meyer has big plans to clamp down on the construction mafia that has held up key building projects across the province.

Attorney lashes out at 'judge, jury and executioner' LPC

Umhlanga attorney Shahir Ramdass has strongly criticised a Legal Practice Council (LPC) application to suspend him from practice, saying it is ‘ill conceived and draconian’.

‘Game over’ for fraudulent medical negligence claims

It is ‘game over’ for legal practitioners who have been submitting fraudulent medical negligence claims amounting to millions of rands out of ‘sheer greed’.

LPC regroups after scathing judgment

The Legal Practice Council (LPC) met last week to plan a way forward after the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) slapped it with a punitive costs order in a scathing judgment that found its arguments were ‘largely meritless’ and that its conduct in the litigation was ‘indubitably vexatious and reprehensible’.

Stats reveal 400% surge recorded in ID fraud

Identity fraud is on the increase in SA, with the latest statistics recording a 400% surge from April last year to April this year, reports The Star.

Lawyers urge DHA to digitalise ID records

Human rights lawyers have called on the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) to expedite the proper digitalisation of its records rather than handling with caution the unblocking of unlawfully blocked IDs.

R249m needed to refurbish Durban court

R249m is needed to rehabilitate some of the infrastructure problems plaguing the 48-year-old Durban Magistrate's Court building, reports TimesLIVE.  

Publications ordered to apologise for abusive column

The Press Ombudsman has found that the publication by The Sunday Independent newspaper and IOL of an abusive opinion piece has caused ‘severe harm’ to the personal and professional reputation of News24 journalist Karyn Maughan, and that the publications should apologise and remove the piece.

Cachalia berates nomination of Hlophe, Malema

The JSC had increasingly abused its power and become captured by political interests, warned retired SCA Justice Azhar Cachalia, adding it alone was not only at fault.

Suspended attorney to have his day in court today

The Legal Practice Council (LPC) will today outline in the Western Cape High Court why it wants suspended attorney Zuko Nonxuba permanently barred from practising.

Zondo’s office re-advertises ConCourt vacancy

The Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) has re-advertised a long-standing vacancy at the Constitutional Court after receiving too few nominations for the position to be filled.

Man rescued from kidnappers is Moti lawyer

The 63-year-old businessman who was rescued from a kidnapping syndicate by police on Wednesday has been identified as Ashraf Kaka, the former attorney of controversial businessman Zunaid Moti, News24 reports.

Urgent application to exclude Hlophe from interviews

Corruption Watch has launched an urgent application in the Western Cape High Court to prevent John Hlophe from partaking in JSC interviews for judicial vacancies.

ANC expels Jacob Zuma

Jacob Zuma’s decades-long membership of the ANC has been terminated by the party’s National Disciplinary Committee (NDC) after he ditched the organisation and led the MKP in December.