Segole v Road Accident Fund (16923/2022) [2025] ZAGPPHC 725 (21 July 2025)
Court
North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria
Case number
16923/2022
Judge
Millar
The High Court refused default judgment in a Road Accident Fund loss-of-support claim, finding improper prosecution by a trust account advocate, unfair late amendment, and inadmissible quantum evidence.
Ex Parte: Mokoena (26189/2019) [2019] ZAGPPHC 256 (27 June 2019)
Court
North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria
Case number
26189/2019
Judges
RG Tolmay, C I Moosa
The Court held that its jurisdiction is limited to admitting an applicant as a legal practitioner and authorising the Legal Practice Council to enrol the applicant as an advocate. The Legal Practice Act creates a distinction between admission (judicial function) and enrolment (administrative function of the LPC). The process of becoming a trust account advocate, including obtaining a Fidelity Fund certificate and conversion of enrolment, is exclusively within the administrative domain of the LPC and not the Court. Therefore, the Court cannot admit or enrol an advocate as a trust account advoc…