Judge lambastes Legal Practice Council

The regulator of the legal profession says it disagrees with criticism by a high court judge

18 August 2024 - 00:00

The Legal Practice Council (LPC) met this week on a way forward after the high court in Pretoria slapped it with a punitive costs order in a scathing judgment that found its arguments “largely meritless” and that its conduct in the litigation was “indubitably vexatious and reprehensible”.  ..

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