Author name: Ronel Fourie

“Legal practitioners are obliged to conduct themselves with the utmost integrity and scrupulous honesty. Public confidence in the legal profession is enhanced by maintaining the highest ethical standards. A lack of trust in the legal profession goes hand in hand with the erosion of the rule of law” – Nicholls JA in Limpopo Provincial Council …

Are all directors of a law firm liable for the financial misconduct of one of them? Read More »

On 10 October 2023, the Constitutional Court delivered groundbreaking judgments in two separate cases, both of which challenged the constitutionality of Section 7(3) of the Divorce Act 70 of 1979 (“Section 7(3)”). The legal position prior to the Constitutional Court decisions in EB (born S) vs ER (born B) and Others; KG v Minister of Home …

Section 7(3) of the Divorce Act, 70 of 1979 declared unconstitutional and invalid Read More »