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Former National director of public prosecutions Shamila Batohi. Photo:   X

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

File photo: Regan Naidoo’s father, Timothy, speaks to media outside the Durban Regional
Court. (Des Erasmus)

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

Around the world, women continue to face structural barriers in accessing justice systems that are often expensive, complex, slow and, at times, retraumatising

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

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

Crash: The Road Accident Fund was set up in 1996 to protect road users but it appears to be in such serious financial trouble its assets are being auctioned to recoup funds due to victims. Photo: Nelius Rademan/Gallo

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

Lawyer Alan Allschwang was part of the legal team of murdered Teazers boss Lolly Jackson (pictured) but apparently left under a cloud.

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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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

The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party and the African Transformation Movement (ATM) have called for members of the judiciary to undergo lifestyle audits.

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…

Making an appeal: Bruce Chakanyuka, photographed in Soshanguve, is a qualified lawyer, but works as a waiter because he holds Zimbabwean citizenship and has not been granted permanent residence. (James Puttick)

‘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…

Durban attorney Ahmed Amod remains adamant that he has done nothing wrong regarding a dubious property scheme

Set up to fail: the prospective candidate attorney’s calamity

Unless structural racism is addressed, inequalities in the law profession will persist

Two lawyers have been blasted by a judge for crossing provincial borders during the 21-day lockdown.

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’

Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe has withdrawn his urgent interdict to try to stop parliament from implementing recommendations by the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) that he be impeached.
(Nelius Rademan/Gallo Images/ Foto24)

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…

Durban attorney Ahmed Amod remains adamant that he has done nothing wrong regarding a dubious property scheme

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