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Civil Procedure [2025] ZAGPPHC 725

Segole v Road Accident Fund (16923/2022)

Segole v Road Accident Fund (16923/2022) [2025] ZAGPPHC 725 (21 July 2025)

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.

  • Road Accident Fund Act
  • Legal Practice Act
  • Default Judgment
  • Loss Of Support
  • Trust Account Advocate
  • Quantum Of Damages
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Civil Procedure [2019] ZAGPPHC 256

Ex Parte: Mokoena (26189/2019)

Ex Parte: Mokoena (26189/2019) [2019] ZAGPPHC 256 (27 June 2019)

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…

  • Legal Practitioner Admission
  • Legal Practice Act
  • Enrolment Procedure
  • Trust Account Advocate
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