South Africa: Professional Negligence

The Western Cape High Court examined whether the Legal Practice Council could urgently suspend two legal practitioners without conducting a proper investigation into allegations of trust fund misappropriation exceeding R16.9 million. The case centered on the interpretation of section 43 of the Legal Practice Act and whether the LPC's expedited process, based solely on untested allegations from a complainant involved in divorce proceedings.

In the realm of business rescue, where financially distressed companies are given an opportunity for rehabilitation, a critical question arises: when does the conduct of a business rescue practitioner cross the threshold...

In Halstead v MEC for Public Transport and Road Infrastructure of Gauteng, the Deputy Judge President ("DJP") of the Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa (Johannesburg) was tasked with dealing...