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Nel v S (Leave to Appeal) (CC32/2023) [2025] ZAGPPHC 703 (26 June 2025)
The High Court granted condonation for a late leave-to-appeal application but refused leave, finding no reasonable prospects of success against conviction.
Van Der Berg v South African Legal Practice Council and Others (6344/2021; 3090/2022) [2023] ZAWCHC 178 (31 July 2023)
The applicant failed to meet the required threshold for readmission as a legal practitioner and advocate. He did not provide a full and frank disclosure of the motivation or circumstances underlying his previous transgressions, nor did he engage with or explain the character defect identified by the Supreme Court of Appeal. The affidavits in support of his application did not demonstrate knowledge of his wrongdoings or address the relevant character issues. The court emphasized that the enquiry is not about forgiveness or punishment, but about whether the applicant is fit and proper to be rea…
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Theron v Law Society of the Cape of Good Hope (6602/13) [2015] ZAWCHC 23 (6 March 2015)
The court dismissed an attorney’s application for re-admission, finding he had not shown genuine, complete and permanent reformation after misusing trust funds.
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