Legal Articles and Guides
BEE focus must move away from ownership
There is no shortage of critics of BEE, from across the political spectrum, but while many want to see it scrapped, that is the wrong approach, writes Stuart Theobald in Business Day.
Alice Magistrate's Court still not operational
Frustrated officials at the Alice Magistrate's Court in the Eastern Cape wait in their cars to take turns in administering legal proceedings as only one courtroom in the precinct is operational.
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.
