LEGAL PRACTICE COUNCIL: MISCONDUCT RULE CHANGED

LEGAL PRACTICE COUNCIL: MISCONDUCT RULE CHANGED

• 13 March 2026
• Legal Practice Council
• SA Legal Academy

The Legal Practice Council has gazetted amendments to its misconduct rule. Immediately effective, the revised rule:

• differentiates between minor and serious offences by defining each term
• empowers an investigating committee to finalise a minor transgression complaint by imposing a sanction that may be:
  • a caution
  • a warning, or
  • a fine, and
• outlines the procedures to be followed when dealing with a complaint against:
  • a candidate attorney
  • an attorney, and
  • a juristic entity.

Please click the link below to access the revised rule:

• Government Gazette notice

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