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LAWYERS WORKING FROM HOME becomes LAWYERS WORKING SMART
The Importance of a Rebrand: LAWYERS WORKING FROM HOME becomes LAWYERS WORKING...
The Importance of a Rebrand: LAWYERS WORKING FROM HOME becomes LAWYERS WORKING SMART
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Change from “Subscribers” to “Members” notice
The pandemic changed our world and the way we operate our legal practices. Pre-lockdown, some...
The pandemic changed our world and the way we operate our legal practices. Pre-lockdown, some prejudice existed towards lawyers working from home, based on an assumption that home office environments could be less equipped to offer high level professional legal services. This has changed. Today, world leaders, many corporate professionals, most accountants, many bankers, the Queen and some Judges work from home offices.
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5 Tips to hire a lawyer
If you are looking for someone to fix your plumbing, will you hire a cook to do it? Probably not!...
If you are looking for someone to fix your plumbing, will you hire a cook to do it? Probably not! Similarly, how will you know if you are hiring the right lawyer for your specific legal problem or issue?
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POPIA compliance for South African legal practices
The Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA) came into full effect on 1 July 2021....
The Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA) came into full effect on 1 July 2021. Although lawyers may have been very busy assisting clients to become compliant by the deadline of 30 June 2021, every legal practice also need to comply with POPIA. If you are a lawyer, is your legal practice POPIA compliant?
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Are lawyers surviving 2021?
Post 2020, most lawyers will agree that it is not business as usual. Most legal practices...
Post 2020, most lawyers will agree that it is not business as usual. Most legal practices experience strain on cashflow due to delayed or non-payments from distressed clients and delays in finalising professional matters relating to court proceedings, Masters’ Offices, RAF etc. To survive or grow while facing financial challenges, most legal practices must continuously
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Where do lawyers work?
It has been said: “Home” is where your WiFi connects automatically. So when we are asked...
It has been said: “Home” is where your WiFi connects automatically. So when we are asked “where are our lawyers based?”, post pandemic 2020, we are not always sure how to answer.. Some lawyers have fully operational home offices. They receive service of documents, manage staff, do all work, keep all records and hold consultations
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What are your comments on the tariff recommendations by the SALRC for legal services offered by attorneys and advocates? Deadline: 30 November 2020
The Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014 (LPA) came into full force on 1 November 2018. The LPA...
The Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014 (LPA) came into full force on 1 November 2018. The LPA drastically changed the regulation of the South African legal profession. The major changes included: Attorneys and advocates were merged into a single profession, referred to as “legal practitioners”. Prior to the LPA, attorneys and advocates had different