HAS THE LEGAL PRACTISE ACT (No. 28 OF 2014) EXTENDED THE JURISDICTION OF ATTORNEYS TO SIGN PLEADINGS IN DIVISIONS OTHER THAN THE DIVISION IN WHICH THE ATTORNEYS WERE ENROLLED?
Friday, 06 December 2019
INTRODUCTION The attorney’s profession has well-established rules and practices that have been developed and observed over several years. One such rule is that an attorney with right of appearance could only practise in the division in which he/she has been enrolled (“Rule”). However, the commencement of the Legal Practise Act No. 28 of 2014 (“LPA”)
- Published in 2019, Legal Practice
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The Attorneys’ Fidelity Fund v Prevance Capital (Pty) Ltd (917/17) [2018] ZASCA 135
Monday, 08 October 2018
SUMMARY The issue at the centre of this appeal concerned the question as to whether the Board, which owes its existence to s 25 read with s 27 of the Attorneys’ Act 53 of 1979 (the Act), holds liability for the loss of monies deposited by Prevance, into the trust account of Mr Robert Victor
- Published in News, 2018, Legal Practice
