Legal Practice Council
latest news & developments
Six candidates shortlisted to lead NPA when Shamila Batohi’s term ends in January
Interviews for the shortlisted candidates will take place on 10 and 11 December, and the public is invited to submit comments on the nominees
Former state prosecutor defending one of 17 police officers in Chatsworth murder, torture case
The officers have also been accused of attempted murder, kidnapping and defeating the ends of justice after the death of Regan Naidoo at Chatsworth police station in 2018
Road Accident Fund admits paying R1.7 million to wrong attorney
The fund faces a R340 million investigation over allegedly working with crooked lawyers
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
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
Disbarred lawyer allegedly swindles clients out of millions
Despite having allegedly taken millions, and being known to authorities, Ben van Heerden is still pocketing money for services he cannot legally offer
No record of ‘Casanova’ fraudster Johan Fouche as a legal practitioner, at least after 2009
Fouche’s current business, Asiphakame, is also not registered as a financial services provider with the Financial Services Conduct Authority
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…
‘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…
Set up to fail: the prospective candidate attorney’s calamity
Unless structural racism is addressed, inequalities in the law profession will persist
Judge blasts advocates for travel
In a judgment set to be appealed, the judge said lawyers had to set an example to all South Africans during the national lockdown
Western Cape Judge Mushtak Parker faces second misconduct complaint
The Cape Bar Council says his conduct is ‘unbecoming the holding of judicial office’
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…
The thorny issue of ‘silk’ status for advocates
Decisions about who is recommended for the advocates’ top honour were always the exclusive terrain of the independent bar councils