Final Rules as per Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014
Overview
The Rules will be applied by the Legal Practice Council after its establishment in terms of Chapter 2 of the Act and will apply to all legal practitioners (attorneys and advocates) as well as all candidate legal practitioners and juristic entities as defined in the Act.
Description
The Rules consist of the following parts:
- Definitions
- Fees & Charges
- The Council
- Provincial Councils
- Professional Practice
- Education and Training
- Admission and Enrolment
- Rendering of Legal Services
- Law Clinics
- Disciplinary Rules
- Legal Practitioners Fidelity Fund: Procedural Rules
- Accounting Rules
- Schedules to the Rules
The Rules, along with the Code of Conduct for legal practitioners published in Gazette 40610 of 10 February 2017 and the Regulations still due to be promulgated, will play an important role in the establishment of a single unified statutory Legal Practice Council to regulate the affairs of all legal practitioners, candidate legal practitioners and juristic entities in South Africa.
| Author | South African Government |
|---|---|
| Division | Audit and Assurance |
| Keywords | Legal Practice Act Final Rules |
| Categories | Audit of Legal Practitioners’ Trust Accounts |
| Date | 20 July 2018 |
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