Law Society welcomes appointment of Adv Shamila Batohi as NDPP
ILFA Flagship Secondment Programme – Application deadline: 12 December 2018
LSSA Advisory: Conveyancers invited to Electronic Deeds Registration System Project engagement with Chief Registrar of Deeds
Law Society launches independent whistle-blowing channels to report exam leaks.
Law Society launches independent whistle-blowing channels to report exam leaks
An independent whistle-blowing line, email and sms facility has been created for reporting any information relating to the leakage of the above exam papers. If you have any information relating to the leakage, please report this information using the contact details below.
All disclosures made will be treated with strict anonymity. The names and contact details of individuals making the disclosures will not be provided to the LSSA or the firm investigating the leakage unless permission has been granted by the caller.
Reports can be made to any of the following channels:
- Unique free call 0800 number – 0800 61 12 09
- SMS short code – 33490
- Toll free facsimile – 0800 212 689
- Online reporting – www.whistleblowing.co.za
- E-mail – information@whistleblowing.co.za
ISSUED ON BEHALF OF THE CO-CHAIRPERSONS OF THE LAW SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA, ETTIENNE BARNARD AND MVUZO NOTYESI
LSSA Communications:
Barbara Whittle barbara@LSSA.org.za Tel: (012) 366 8800 or 083 380 1307
Nomfundo Jele nomfundom@LSSA.org.za Tel: (012) 366 8800 or 072 402 6344
Legal Practice Council Notice: Election of Provincial Councils: Section 23(4) of the Legal Practice Act, 2014 and (Rule 16)
Law Society clarifies confusion relating to its continuation under the Legal Practice Act
‘The LSSA is concerned at the confusion created by reports that the new Legal Practice Council has replaced the Law Society of South Africa. These reports are factually incorrect as the LSSA continues to exist as an independent body to represent, support, assist and train attorneys,’ say LSSA Co-Chairpersons Mvuzo Notyesi and Ettienne Barnard.
In the dispensation preceding 1 November 2018, the four provincial law societies – the Cape Law Society, KwaZulu-Natal Law Society, Law Society of the Free State and the Law Society of the Northern Provinces – were the only statutory regulatory bodies for attorneys in terms of the Attorneys Act, 1979. These four law societies, together with the Black Lawyers Association (BLA) and the National Association of Democratic Lawyers (Nadel) (the latter two being voluntary associations), were the six constituent members of the LSSA, a voluntary association of those six bodies. The LSSA was never a statutory body.
The Legal Practice Council is the new statutory regulatory body for legal practitioners (attorneys and advocates) in terms of the Legal Practice Act, 2014, which came into operation on 1 November 2018. The four statutory provincial law societies are now regional offices of the Legal Practice Council and are no longer constituent members of the LSSA.
The LSSA recently amended its constitution in terms of which BLA and Nadel remain its constituent members, and the provincial law societies have been replaced by voluntary provincial attorneys’ associations.
ISSUED ON BEHALF OF THE CO-CHAIRPERSONS OF THE LAW SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA, ETTIENNE BARNARD AND MVUZO NOTYESI
LSSA Communications:
Barbara Whittle – barbara@LSSA.org.za Tel: (012) 366 8800 or 083 380 1307
Nomfundo Jele – nomfundom@LSSA.org.za Tel: (012) 366 8800 or 072 402 6344
Law Society clarifies confusion relating to its continuation under the Legal Practice Act.
Law Society clarifies confusion relating to its continuation under the Legal Practice Act
Legal Practice Council: Code of Conduct not in operation
Approved on 31 October 2018
Issued on behalf of:
Ms Kathleen Dlepu
Chairperson: Legal Practice Council
Queries:
Ms Charity Nzuza, Acting Executive Officer
cmhlungu@justice.gov.za
31 October 2018
