LJU4802 Assignment 1 |DETAILED ANSWERS| Semester 2 2025 (733857) - DUE 10 September 2025

, LJU4802 Assignment 1
Semester 2 2025(733857)
DUE 10 September 2025
Use this document as a guide and for references to answer your assignment

Question 1

Who brought the application that the respondent be struck off the role? (1)

The application for a legal practitioner (attorney) to be struck off the roll is usually
brought by the provincial Law Society (e.g., Law Society of the Northern
Provinces, Cape Law Society, etc., before the Legal Practice Act reforms). Today,
this role is taken over by the Legal Practice Council (LPC).

✅Answer: The application is brought by the relevant Law Society (now the Legal
Practice Council).



Question 2

Cite the legislation that currently regulates the attorney’s profession in South
Africa. (1)

The legislation that currently regulates the attorney’s profession in South Africa is
the Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014, which came fully into operation on 1
November 2018. It replaced the Attorneys Act 53 of 1979 and governs both
attorneys and advocates.

✅Answer: The Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014.