JUSTICE & CORRECTIONAL SERVICES MINISTER WELCOMES CONCOURT JUDGMENT ON LEGAL PRACTICE ACT


The Ministry has issued a media statement welcoming the judgment, which deals with the admission and authorisation of foreigners who are not permanent residents in South Africa for enrolment as non-practising legal practitioners. According to the statement, the judgment 'affirms that section 24 (2) of the Legal Practice Act is a legitimate and a rationale way of regulating entry into the legal profession'.

  • media statement
  • links to the Legal Practice Act, 2014;  Amendment Act, 2019; and their commencement notices 
  • Constitutional Court judgment

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