South African Legal Practice Council v Selota (43012/2018)
South African Legal Practice Council v Selota (43012/2018) [2025] ZAGPPHC 475 (15 May 2025)
The court found that the respondent committed repeated and serious breaches of professional duties, including practicing without a Fidelity Fund certificate, maintaining trust account deficits, failing to keep proper accounting records, overreaching clients under contingency fee agreements, touting, and failing to account or pay clients timeously. The respondent's explanations were evasive, lacked credibility, and demonstrated a pattern of dishonesty and lack of insight. The cumulative effect of these transgressions rendered the respondent no longer fit and proper to practice law. The court h…
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- Legal Practitioner Misconduct
- Trust Account Deficits
- Contingency Fee Act Breaches
- Overreaching
- Failure To Account
- Striking Off Application