Free State Legal Practitioners Association launch Free State practitioners are invited to attend the launch of the Free State Legal Practitioners Association in Bloemfontein on 27 February 2024 at the Sun international Windmill hotel. The draft constitution can be downloaded here. The launch will take place at 16:00. The meeting will be hybrid click here for the virtual Teams […]
The Road Accident Fund filed an urgent application which will be enrolled for 13 February 2024 in the Gauteng Division, Pretoria for an interim order to inter alia further suspend the execution of writs, pending finalisation of its main application. The application can be found here. Anthony Pillay Executive director tony@LSSA.org.za
Vacancies Instructor required A Johannesburg tertiary institution seeks an instructor for Property Law and Conveyancing on a short-term basis. Applications can be sent to: School Principal – Potchefstroom School for Legal Practice The Law Society of South Africa’s Legal Education and Development division requires a School Principal (part-time) for the Potchefstroom School for Legal Practice. […]
On Tuesday 12 December 2023, the CEO of the Road Accident Fund (RAF), Mr Collins Letsoalo, made several sweeping and unfounded statements pertaining to legal practitioners and the Legal Practice Council (LPC). He, amongst other statements, claimed that over 9 000 lawyers had been referred to the LPC following complaints relating to the RAF. Most […]
The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) will host the eighth BRICS Legal Forum at Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, on 8 and 9 December. Leaders and members of the LSSA, the Brazilian Bar Association, the Association of Lawyers of Russia, the Bar Association of India, the China Law Society, the SA Bar Associations, legal academics, and […]
The LSSA would like to alert practitioners to the draft Road Accident Fund Amendment Bill, published for comment in GG49283 on 8 September 2023. The Bill contains a number of significant changes, which will have far-reaching implications if enacted. The deadline for comment is 8 October 2023 On 8 September 2023 the Department of Transport […]
The ongoing trend of deaths of legal practitioners and other members within the Justice system in South Africa greatly perturbs the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA). The violent death of attorney Mbeko Venfolo, a legal practitioner killed in the mass shootings in KTC, Gugulethu, greatly saddens us, and we express our condolences to his […]
The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) is saddened by the news of Regional Court Magistrate and Acting Judge Ms Mamello Thamae’s untimely death. We echo the sentiments of the various institutions that have condemned the unnecessary loss of a judicial officer. As our country struggles with access to justice, the loss of an experienced […]
INTRODUCTION On 8 September 2023 the Department of Transport published a draft Road Accident Fund Amendment Bill 2023 for public comment to be made by 8 October 2023. It is of extreme importance that the general public and the relevant civic associations are made aware of the dire consequences that will follow the […]
The LSSA would like to alert practitioners to the draft Road Accident Fund Amendment Bill, published for comment in GG49283 on 8 September 2023. The Bill contains a number of significant changes, which will have far-reaching implications if enacted. The deadline for comment is 8 October 2023 INTRODUCTION On 8 September 2023 the […]
