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Judgments on legal practice council

19 judgments on file that touch legal practice council, newest first, each with the court's own file.

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25 May 2026 Sondhlane v The South African Legal Practice Council[2025] ZASCA 78 · Superior Courts Act of 2013 – appeal against order in terms of s 18(3) – order striking attorney from roll of practitioners – not suspended... Supreme Court of Appeal
11 Feb 2026 T N obo B N v The Member of the Executive Council for Health of the Eastern Cape Government and Others[2026] ZASCA 14 · Delict – measure of damages – child sustaining quadriplegic cerebral palsy as a result of hospital staff’s negligence – common law once-and-... Supreme Court of Appeal
6 Feb 2026 Matsi and Another v The South African Legal Practice Council (Gauteng Province)[2026] ZASCA 12 · Legal Practitioner – Legal Practice Act of 2014 – whether the immediate suspension of a legal practitioner pending the determination of appl... Supreme Court of Appeal
3 Dec 2025 ISANCO and Bakoena Stephen Ramosie v Zukile Luyenge and Others (00402024EC)[2025] ZAEC 5 · Civil procedure - whether the leadership dispute between the parties is res judicata – the dispute between the same parties in respect of th... Electoral Court
7 Nov 2025 South African Legal Practice Council v Oosthuizen[2025] ZASCA 168 · Legal Practice – Attorney – Professional Misconduct – Application for striking from roll – Legal Practice Act of 2014 – s 40(8) provides tha... Supreme Court of Appeal
29 Sep 2025 Maree & Bernard Attorneys and Another v The South African Legal Practice Council and Another[2025] ZASCA 140 · Legal Profession – Legal Practice Act of 2014 – whether bank accounts related to an investment practice conducted by a firm of attorneys in... Supreme Court of Appeal
23 May 2025 South African Legal Practice Council v Kgaphola and Another[2025] ZASCA 66 · Legal Practice – Legal Practice Act of 2014 – whether high court exercised its discretion judicially – Professional misconduct – non-complia... Supreme Court of Appeal
20 Dec 2024 Ingwana John Mohlaba and Others v The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and Others[2024] ZACC 32 · Limpopo Traditional Leadership and Institutions Act 6 of 2005 — constitutionality of section 25 — section is unconstitutional — only legisla... Constitutional Court
19 Dec 2024 Hutchinson Wild v Legal Practice Council & Others[2024] ZASCA 180 · Administrative Law – review of the Legal Practice Council’s decision to issue an advisory note – whether the decision is administrative acti... Supreme Court of Appeal
13 Dec 2024 Siyabonga Gugulethu Galela (Ex Parte Application) (1294/2023[2024] ZASCA 176 · Admission as a legal practitioner – explanation required on failure to attach degree certificates – insufficient disclosure on directorship... Supreme Court of Appeal
29 Nov 2024 Platinum Wheels (Pty) Ltd v The National Consumer Commission & Another[2024] ZASCA 163 · National Consumer Commission represented in the high court by attorney who had no right of appearance after his name was struck from roll of... Supreme Court of Appeal
14 Dec 2023 South African Legal Practice Council v Mokhele[2023] ZASCA 177 · Legal Practice – s of the Legal Practice Act of 2014 – whether the court may hear a matter that has become moot – the issues for determinati... Supreme Court of Appeal
5 Dec 2023 Danny Joseph Sibiya and Others v Road Accident Fund[2023] ZASCA 171 · Practice and procedure – Contingency Fees Act of 1997 – whether the high court ruling met the benchmark of fairness, rationality and reasona... Supreme Court of Appeal
1 Dec 2023 Legal Practice Council v Bulelani Rubushe[2023] ZASCA 167 · Legal Practitioner – misconduct involving dishonesty – striking from the roll appropriate remedy – court a quo making material misdirection... Supreme Court of Appeal
26 Jul 2023 Limpopo Provincial Council of the South African Legal Practice Council v Chueu Incorporated Attorneys and Others[2023] ZASCA 112 · Civil procedure – Legal Practice Act of 2014 – whether financial misconduct of one director of law firm invokes liability of all directors –... Supreme Court of Appeal
8 May 2023 The Road Accident Fund v Taylor and other matters (1136-1140/2021)[2023] ZASCA 64 · Practice and procedure – final settlement of claim against Road Accident Fund – compromise – extinguishes disputed rights and obligations an... Supreme Court of Appeal
7 Dec 2022 Samuels v South African Legal Practice Council (formerly Law Society of the Northern Provinces)[2022] ZASCA 175 · Attorneys Act of 1979 – striking from the roll of attorneys, notaries and conveyancers – whether the appellant should have been granted a po... Supreme Court of Appeal
3 Dec 2021 Selota v SALPC[2021] ZASCA 169 · Appeal – appellant sought a declarator that he was entitled to Fidelity Fund certificate for 2019 – decision would have no practical effect... Supreme Court of Appeal
14 Dec 2020 The South African Legal Practice Council v Alves and Others[2020] ZASCA 170 · Legal Practice Act of 2014 – legal practitioners to be admitted and enrolled either as advocate or attorney – s 115 preserves the right of a... Supreme Court of Appeal

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