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Judgments on legal practitioner

24 judgments on file that touch legal practitioner, newest first, each with the court's own file.

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17 Sep 2026 Legal Practitioners' Fidelity Fund Board v Rodney Adrian Love and Another[2026] ZASCA 120 · Constitutional Law – principle of legality – High Court issuing order contradicting finding of appellate court that claim against fidelity f... Supreme Court of Appeal
3 Jul 2026 The Legal Practitioners’ Indemnity Insurance Fund v Johan Venter & Associates and Another[2026] ZASCA 95 · Reconsideration application – s 17(2)(f) of Superior Courts Act of 2013 – application for reconsideration of refusal of petition for leave t... Supreme Court of Appeal
12 May 2026 The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service v Poulter[2026] ZASCA 68 · Interpretation of ss and 125 of the Tax Administration Act of 2011 (TAA) – Rule 44(7) of the Tax Court Rules and s of the Legal Practice Act... Supreme Court of Appeal
30 Apr 2026 Road Accident Fund and Others v Legal Practitioners’ Indemnity Insurance Fund, NPC and Others (1106/2024 and 1479/2024)[2026] ZASCA 63 · Administrative Law – Promotion of Administrative Justice Act of 2000 (PAJA) – Road Accident Fund Act of 1996 (the Act) – whether the Ministe... 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
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
20 May 2025 Auckland Park Theological Seminary v Wamjay Holding Investments (PTY) Ltd[2025] ZASCA 65 · Unjustified enrichment – s 12(3) of the Prescription Act of 1969 (Prescription Act) – commencement of the running of prescription – whether... Supreme Court of Appeal
25 Feb 2025 Board of Governors of Mitchell House School and Others v Maluleke[2025] ZASCA 15 · Civil Procedure – re-adjudication of concluded application by same court – functus officio – res judicata principles – Judge re-adjudicating... Supreme Court of Appeal
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
11 Dec 2024 Smith v The Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity Fund Board[2024] ZASCA 170 · The Attorneys Act of 1979 – whether funds were ‘entrusted’, as contemplated in s 26(a) of the Attorneys Act – applicability of s 47(1)(g) –... 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
4 Nov 2024 Mluleki Martin Chithi and Others v Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform and Others (1203/2021, 1334/2021 & 261/2022)[2024] ZASCA 149 · Land claims – restitution of land – Restitution of Land Rights Act of 1994 – claim for restitution of land on grounds of being a ‘community’... Supreme Court of Appeal
11 Jun 2024 Ubisi and Another v Road Accident Fund[2024] ZASCA 93 · Practice and procedure – settlement agreement of claim against the Road Accident Fund – irregular and improper setting aside of settlement a... Supreme Court of Appeal
18 Dec 2023 Pieter Paul Le Roux and Another v Johannes G ` Coetzee and Seuns and Another[2023] ZACC 46 · Prescription Act 68 of 1969 — section 12(3) — clients’ professional negligence claim against legal practitioner — knowledge of facts may inc... Constitutional Court
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
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
13 Jul 2023 Democratic Alliance v Public Protector and Others; President of the Republic of South Africa v Public Protector and Others CCT251/22,[2023] ZACC 25 · Section 194 of the Constitution — suspension of the Public Protector — Apprehension of bias — Sub judice rule — conflict of interest Constitutional Court
13 Jun 2023 Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity Fund v Guilherme[2023] ZASCA 96 · Claim against the Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity Fund (the Fund) – money paid into attorney’s trust account subsequently stolen – whether the... 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
28 Jul 2022 Leysath v Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity Fund Board of Control[2022] ZASCA 115 · Claim for reimbursement in terms of s of the Attorneys Act of 1979 – appellant alleging that deposits paid by clients to instructing attorne... Supreme Court of Appeal
28 Sep 2018 - Propell Specialised Finance v Attorneys Insurance Indemnity Fund NPC[2018] ZASCA 142 Supreme Court of Appeal

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