• Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014)
  • Notice No. 740 of 2014
  • Act
  • Preamble
  • Chapter 1 : Definitions, Application and Purposes of Act
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Application of Act
    • 3. Purpose of Act
  • Chapter 2 : South African Legal Practice Council
    • Part 1 : Establishment, powers and functions of South African Legal Practice Council
      • 4. Establishment of Council
      • 5. Objects of Council
      • 6. Powers and functions of Council
      • 7. Composition of Council
      • 8. Membership of Council
      • 9. Chairperson and deputy chairperson of Council
      • 10. Term of office 
      • 11. Termination of office
      • 12. Removal from office
      • 13. Vacancies in Council and filling thereof
      • 14. Dissolution of Council
    • Part 2 : Operation of Council
      • 15. Meetings of Council
      • 16. Quorum and procedure at meetings of Council
      • 17. Decisions of Council
      • 18. Committees of Council
      • 19. Executive officer and employees of Council
      • 20. Executive committee of Council
      • 21. Delegation of powers and assignment of functions of Council
      • 22. Finances, expenditure and accountability of Council
      • 23. Establishment of Provincial Councils
  • Chapter 3 : Regulation of Legal Practitioners and Candidate Legal Practitioners
    • 24. Admission and enrolment
    • 25. Right of appearance of legal practitioners and candidate legal practioners
    • 26. Minimum legal qualifications and practical vocational training
    • 27. Practical vocational training
    • 28. Assessment of practical vocational training
    • 29. Community service
    • 30. Enrolment with Council
    • 31. Cancellation and suspension of enrolment
    • 32. Conversion of enrolment
    • 33. Authority to render legal services
    • 34. Forms of legal practice
    • 35. Fees in respect
  • Chapter 4 : Professional Conduct and Establishment of Disciplinary Bodies
    • 36. Code of conduct
    • 37. Establishment of disciplinary bodies
    • 38. Procedure for dealing with complaints of misconduct and procedure to be followed in disciplinary hearing
    • 39. Disciplinary hearing
    • 40. Proceedings after disciplinary hearing and sanctions
    • 41. Appeal against conduct or finding of disciplinary committee
    • 42. Monitoring by Legal Services Ombud
    • 43. Urgent legal proceedings
    • 44. Powers of High Court
  • Chapter 5 : Legal Services Ombud
    • 45. Establishment of Office of Legal Services Ombud
    • 46. Objects of Ombud
    • 47. Appointment and independence of Legal Services Ombud
    • 48. Powers and functions of Ombud
    • 49. Term of office  of Ombud
    • 50. Acting Ombud and filling of vacancies
    • 51. Staff, finances and accountability of Office of Ombud
    • 52. Annual report
  • Chapter 6 : Legal Practitioners' Fidelity Fund
    • Part 1 : Establishment of Fund and founding provisions
      • 53. Continued existence of Attorney Fidelity Fund
      • 54. Revenue of Fund
      • 55. Liability of Fund
      • 56. Limitation of liability of Fund
      • 57. Purpose and application of Fund
      • 58. Legal Practitioners' Fidelity Fund Account
      • 59. Financial year of Fund
      • 60. Fund exempt from certain tax and insurance laws
    • Part 2 : Operation of Fund
      • 61. Establishment of Board
      • 62. Composition of Board
      • 63. Powers and functions of Board
      • 64. Membership of Board
      • 65. Chairperson and deputy chairperson of Board
      • 66. Vacancies in Board and filling thereof
      • 67. Term of office of members of Board
      • 68. Termination of office
      • 69. Removal from office
      • 70. Meetings and resolutions of Board
      • 71. Committees of Board
      • 72. Certificate in respect of liabilities of Fund and investment of money in Fund
      • 73. Annual review by actuary
      • 74. Contributions to Fund by legal practitioners
      • 75. Audit
      • 76. Re-insurance
      • 77. Provision of insurance cover and suretyships
    • Part 3 : Claims against Fund
      • 78. Procedure for instituting claims against Fund
      • 79. Actions against Fund
      • 80. Subrogation
      • 81. Claims against future revenue of Fund
      • 82. Indemnification in respect of certain acts
      • 83. Preservation and disposal of records and documents in possession of Board
  • Chapter 7 : Handling of Trust Monies
    • 84. Obligations of legal practitioner relating to handling of trust monies
    • 85. Application for and issue of Fidelity Fund certificates
    • 86. Trust accounts
    • 87. Accounting
    • 88. Trust money and trust property of trust account practice
    • 89. Court may prohibit operation of trust account
    • 90. Appointment of curator bonis in respect of trust account
    • 91. Rights of banks in respect of trust accounts
  • Chapter 8 : General Provisions
    • 92. Recovery of costs by legal practitioners rendering free legal services
    • 93. Offences and penalties
  • Chapter 9 : Regulations and Rules
    • 94. Regulations
    • 95. Rules
  • Chapter 10 : National Forum and Transitional Provisions
    • Part 1
      • 96. National Forum on Legal Profession
      • 97. Terms of reference of National Forum
      • 98. Powers and functions of National Forum
      • 99. Membership of National Forum
      • 100. Chairperson and deputy chairperson of National Forum
      • 101. Term of office
      • 102. Termination of office
      • 103. Removal from office
      • 104. Vacancies in National Forum and filling thereof
      • 105. Meetings of National Forum
      • 106. Quorum and procedure at meetings of National Forum
      • 107. Decisions of National Forum
      • 108. Finances, expenditure and accountability of National Forum
    • Part 2
      • 109. Rules and regulations
    • Part 3
      • 110. Abolition of Fidelity Funds of former TBVC States and transfer of assets, rights, liabilities and obligations to Legal Practitioners' Fidelity Fund
      • 111. Transitional provisions in relation to existing Attorneys Fidelity Fund Board of Control
      • 112. Transitional provisions in relation to qualifications
      • 113. Transitional provisions relating to Fidelity Fund certificates
      • 114. Existing advocates, attorneys, , conveyancers and notaries
      • 115. Persons entitled to be admitted and enrolled as advocates, attorneys, conveyancers or notaries
      • 116. Pending proceedings
      • 117. Transitional provisions relating to existing law societies
      • 118. Interpretation of certain references in laws
    • Part 4
      • 119. Repeal and amendment of laws, and savings
      • 120. Short title and commencement
  • Schedule
    • Laws repealed or amended
• Regulations
  • Regulations under Section 109(1)(a)
    • Notice No. R. 921 of 2018
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Election procedure for election of legal practitioners for purposes of constituting Council
    • 3. Establishment of Provincial Councils 
    • 4. Composition of Provincial Councils
    • 5. Powers and functions of Provincial Councils
    • 6. Practical vocational training requirements that candidate attorneys must comply with before they can be admitted by the court as legal practitioners
    • 7. Practical vocational training requirements that pupils must comply with before they can be admitted by the court as legal practitioners
    • 8. Right of appearance of pupils in court or any other institution
    • 9. Mechanism to wind up affairs of National Forum
    • Annexures
      • Annexure A : Ballot Paper - Attorneys (Regulation 2)
      • Annexure B : Ballot Paper - Advocates (Regulation 2)
  • Regulations under Section 109(1)(bA) of the Act
    • Notice No. R. 1183 of 2018
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Manner in which teachers of law are designated for membership of Council
    • 3. Certificate to be issued by registrar of a Division of High Court
    • 4. Appropriate relevant experience
    • 4A. Rendering of community service by candidate legal practitioners
    • 4B. Rendering of community service by practising legal practitioners
    • 5. Manner in which application is made to court for order to pay compensation
    • 6. Government and other securities in which Board can invest surplus funds
    • 7. Matters to be included in annual report of the Legal Practitioners' Fidelity Fund Board
    • 8. Short title
    • Annexures
      • Annexure A - Certificate in terms of section 25(3) of the Act
      • Annexure B - National Rating Scales of Ratings Agencies
      • Annexure C - Certificate for Purposes of Community Service by Candidate Legal Practitioner
      • Annexure D - Certificate for Purposes of Community Service by Legal Practitioner
• Notices
  • Notice in terms of Section 95(1) & (4) of the Act - 2025 Fees
    • Notice No. 2994 of 2025
• Proclamations
  • Commencement of Parts 1 and 2 of Chapter 10 of the Legal Practice Act, 2014
    • Notice No. R. 2 of 2015
  • Commencement of Certain Sections of the Legal Practice Act, 2014
    • Proclamation Notice 120 of 2023
• Rules
  • Final Rules as per section 95(1), 95(3) and 109(2) of the Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014
    • Notice No. 401 of 2018
    • Part l
      • Definitions
    • Part ll
      • Fees and Charges
    • Part lll
      • The Council
    • Part IV
      • Provincial Councils
    • Part V
      • Professional Practice
    • Part VI
      • Education and Training
    • Part VII
      • Keeping of rolls and conversion of enrolment
    • Part VIII
      • Rendering of Legal Services
    • Part IX
      • Law Clinics
    • Part X
      • Disciplinary
    • Part XI
      • Legal Practitioners' Fidelity Fund
    • Part XII
      • Accounting Rules
    • Schedules
      • Schedule 1A
      • Schedule 1B
      • Schedule 2
      • Schedule 2A
      • Schedule 3
      • Schedule 3A
      • Schedule 3B
      • Schedule 4
      • Schedule 5
      • Schedule 6A
      • Schedule 6B
      • Schedule 7A
      • Schedule 7B
      • Schedule 8
• Code of Conduct
  • Code of Conduct for all Legal Practitioners, Candidate Legal Practitioners and Juristic Entities
    • Notice No. 168 of 2019
    • Part I 
      • Definitions
    • Part II
      • Code of Conduct : general provisions
    • Part III
      • Conduct of attorneys
    • Part IV
      • Conduct of advocates contemplated in section 34(2)(a)(i) of the Act
    • Part V
      • Conduct of advocates contemplated in section 34(2)(a)(ii) of the Act
    • Part VI
      • Conduct of legal practitioners and candidate legal practitioners in relation to appearances in court and before tribunals
    • Part VII
      • Conduct of legal practitioners not in private practice