LJU4802 Assignment 1 Semester 1 2026 Memo | Due Date 23 March 2026

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 LJU4802 ASSIGNMENT 1 SEMESTER 1 2026

 ANSWERS

 DUE DATE: 23 MARCH 2026




QUESTION 1

1.1 The attorney’s profession in South Africa is currently regulated by the Legal Practice Act 28
of 2014.1




QUESTION 2

2.1 The legislation applied in Legal Practice Council v Peter Joseph Sivalingam Naicker;
FirstRand Bank Ltd (Case No 2788/2019P) was the Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014.2

2.2 This legislation was applicable because it governs the regulation, conduct and discipline of
legal practitioners in South Africa. The Act empowers the Legal Practice Council to bring an
application to court where an attorney’s conduct suggests that they are no longer a fit and proper
person to practise law.3




QUESTION 3

3.1 The applicant in the case was the Legal Practice Council.4




1
Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014.
2
Legal Practice Council v Peter Joseph Sivalingam Naicker; FirstRand Bank Ltd (Case No 2788/2019P).
3
Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014, provisions regulating disciplinary proceedings.
4
Ibid.