Road Accident Fund admits paying R1.7 million to wrong attorney
/ 21 March 2024

Road Accident Fund admits paying R1.7 million to wrong attorney

The fund faces a R340 million investigation over allegedly working with crooked lawyers

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Road Accident Fund loses R1.7m court case in ‘corrupt’ lawyers litigation
/ 28 February 2024

Road Accident Fund loses R1.7m court case in ‘corrupt’ lawyers litigation

The embattled RAF is also facing a R340 million SIU investigation into lawyers abusing the fund

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Crooked lawyers ‘in cahoots’
/ 3 June 2023

Crooked lawyers ‘in cahoots’

Tax attorney to appear before the legal regulatory body for allegedly acting as an accomplice to a disbarred attorney said to have swindled millions

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Constitutional court upholds ban on foreigners practising law in South Africa
/ 2 August 2022

Constitutional court upholds ban on foreigners practising law in South Africa

The prohibition in the Legal Practice Act did not amount to unfair discrimination because it sought to achieve a legitimate government objective of restricting a profession for citizens and permanent residents, the court held

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‘Unintended consequence of undoing apartheid’: Zim lawyers battle for admittance
/ 18 March 2022

‘Unintended consequence of undoing apartheid’: Zim lawyers battle for admittance

A group of Zimbabweans challenging their exclusion from the bar say their home is here, and it is populist opportunism to use unemployment figures to keep their their lives in limbo

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Strike-off case pulls in judge
/ 14 February 2020

Strike-off case pulls in judge

Judge Mushtak Parker is implicated in an application to strike off his former partners. He is also involved in the fight between the Western Cape high court’s judge president and his deputy