The Black Lawyers Association UNISA Student Chapter (BLASC) held a dialogue and Youth Day commemoration on 16 June 2026 in Pretoria. The event was attended by high school learners, law students and candidate legal practitioners, who were addressed by speakers
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The Pretoria Attorneys Association held its annual Candidate Attorneys Function on 19 February 2026 in Pretoria. Guest speakers included the Legal Practice Council’s (LPC) head of professional affairs Maud Ferreira. Ms Ferreira addressed candidate legal practitioners about the notice that
Damons Attorneys Incorporated in Pretoria has three new appointments. Delmaine September, Nikita De Lillie and Mukovhe Ravhura have been appointed as Directors of the firm.
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The Legal Practitioners Development Fund (LPDF) held their Annual General Meeting on 17 November 2025 in Pretoria. Chairperson of the Fund, Bukky Olowookorun, announced a significant increase in loan applications, with the fund disbursing 24 loans worth a total of
The Pretoria Attorneys Association (PAA) held their 79th Annual General Meeting on 23 October 2025 in Pretoria. The meeting was attended by the members of the association, as well as the members of its sister associations, including the chairperson of
Two Cases, Two Outcomes: The Factual Matrix of S.M v N.M and B.S v K.W.S The contrasting outcomes in S.M v N.M (D6667/2024) [2024] ZAKZDHC 54 (28 August 2024) and B.S v K.W.S (2025/027511) [2025] ZAGPPHC 1085 (26 September 2025)
The call for papers for the annual Centre for Human Rights disability rights conference to be held 7-8 November 2017 at the University of Pretoria is now out on the Centres’ website. The theme for the conference this year
On 4 May 2015 the Pretoria high court found that an applicant who was terminally ill and suffering intractably with a life expectancy of a few weeks at most, and fully mentally competent, could freely and voluntarily without undue influence
APPEAL (Academics Promoting the Pedagogy of Effective Advocacy in Law) and the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law will host the Conference on Promoting the Teaching of Legal Writing in Southern Africa on July 1-4, 2009, in
