Practice Management
LPC Code of Conduct
The Legal Practice Council has published the final Code of Conduct for all legal, candidate legal practitioners, and juristic entities as defined, effective from 29 March 2019.
Risk Alert Bulletin - March 2019
Includes: Change of AIIF and AFF names; LPIIF claim statistics; the financial services industry and the Legal Practice Act; and the ‘borrowing’ of trust money.
Risk Alert Bulletin - December 2018
AIIF Master Policy amendments: Only practitioners who have a valid Fidelity Fund certificate on the date of the cause of action will have indemnity.
Risk Alert Bulletin - November 2018
Correctly designating investment accounts; attorney's practice pitfalls and preventing professional negligence claims; and is your practice ready for the Legal Practice Act?
Fidelity Fund Certificates - 2019
The secure online application and certificate issuing portal to apply for Fidelity Fund certificates is open, and the deadline has been extended to 31 December 2018.
LSSA clarifies confusion
The LSSA continues into the Legal Practice Act dispensation as a voluntary, representative, professional body for attorneys and the Legal Practice Council has not replaced it.
Into operation today
The Legal Practice Act comes into operation and the Legal Practice Council has taken over the regulation of the profession from today, 1 November 2018.
LPC Council members elected
The names of the 10 attorneys and 6 advocates elected to the Legal Practice Council have been announced by the National Forum on the Legal Profession.
Remaining chapters
A letter from Robert Burawundi about changes to the remaining chapters of the Legal Practice Act which are scheduled for implementation on the 1st of November.
