Bruce Schubach, chief operating officer of Baker McKenzie Johannesburg, shares the his experience of the current Covid-19 crisis and how the law firm is navigating these unusual times...
Shan Radcliffe 25 May 2020
As part of our Youth Month profiles, we chat to Justin Minnaar, candidate attorney at Baker McKenzie Johannesburg, about the unwritten laws of relationships, the written rights of our Constitution, and children's right to access them...
Shan Radcliffe 25 Jun 2019
In celebration of Youth Month, we chatted to candidate attorney at Webber Wentzel, Luntu Quntana, who was "born in East London, bred in Johannesburg and now currently being buttered in Cape Town" about what Youth Day means to him and the changes he would like to see for future generations...
Shan Radcliffe 21 Jun 2019
MyImprint, a tech startup that provides easy access to criminal record and identity verifications, is the first of its kind to innovate a digital consent verification system in South Africa...
Evan-Lee Courie 12 Nov 2018
Legal information platform Baobob.law has been named winner of the Southern African leg of the Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL) Innovating Justice Challenge...
Tom Jackson 17 Sep 2018
The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL) has announced the Southern African finalists for its annual Innovating Justice Challenge...
Tom Jackson 18 Jul 2018
The much-anticipated signing of South Africa's renewables power purchase agreements (PPAs) has once again been delayed. This time by an application for an interdict to prevent the contracts being concluded...
Nicci Botha 14 Mar 2018
These days there really is an app for almost everything and everyone - including an array about and for the legal industry. Here's a quick look at trending legal apps for the year...
Shan Radcliffe 31 Jan 2018
Legal firm Webber Wentzel has launched Webber Wentzel Ignite, a legal incubation programme for entrepreneurs, in South Africa...
Tom Jackson 11 Dec 2017
What do 18th century tailors, cats and the 21st century legal industry have to do with local entrepreneurship? Graeme Wilson, CEO of Whipping the Cat, makes the connection for us...
Shan Radcliffe 19 Oct 2017
Although not typically known as an innovative sector, the legal industry is rapidly embracing technology and the advances and ease of access it can offer...
Shan Radcliffe 30 Sep 2017
Having quantifiable, measurable, and verifiable data about justice needs and challenges is essential for the legal profession to move into the 21st century...
Tom Jackson 22 Sep 2017
This Women's Month, Pranitha Ramdial talks to us about the challenges women in the legal industry (and the working world, in general) face, and reminds us to keep fighting to make a difference...
Shan Radcliffe 31 Aug 2017
This Women's Month, Kathleen Wong talks to us about her experience in the international legal industry, her observations on diversity and how we can empower women in the sector...
Shan Radcliffe 28 Aug 2017
Being a really good attorney does not mean that you are a highly talented businessman or entrepreneur. This is something that is really important to understand since there is a pretty large number of law firms that end up bankrupt...
Boris Dzhingarov, Monetary Library 16 Aug 2017
Although every attorney is obligated to provide 24 hours of free legal work per year, some firms take a special interest in the pro bono services they offer and go so far as to establish a dedicated department, headed up by a team of specialists. Webber Wentzel is one such firm...
Shan Radcliffe 25 Jul 2017
Odette Geldenhuys has dedicated her career to assisting those less fortunate, fighting for the rights of those who wouldn't otherwise be able to afford to have their voices heard...
Shan Radcliffe 18 Jul 2017
Contrary to other jurisdictions, the International Arbitration Bill of South Africa 2017 specifically contains a provision that excludes public bodies from the more usual confidentiality clause ie the case must be heard in public...
Jackwell Feris 19 Jun 2017
When Rudyard Kipling penned the words, “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs...” he could have had Thuli Madonsela in mind...
Nicci Botha 31 May 2017
Countless law firms ended up bankrupt because of various different problems. In most cases there are not enough clients to make the firm profitable...
Boris Dzhingarov, Monetary Library 3 May 2017
When I saw the headlines on Friday stating the Western Cape High Court had declared the use of marijuana at home legal, I believed someone had shot off an early April Fool's joke...
Shan Radcliffe 31 Mar 2017
What sets most lawyers apart from each other is not necessarily their ability to use their knowledge of the law to win cases for their clients, but the quality or lack of it when it comes to self-marketing...
Boris Dzhingarov, Monetary Library 30 Mar 2017
Rarely is it considered that there is more to a well-run law firm than just its legal team...
Shan Radcliffe 27 Mar 2017
As you would expect, there are many marketing strategies that could be used with law firms. However, some will be a lot better than others...
Boris Dzhingarov, Monetary Library 15 Feb 2017
There are four reasons that legal technology providers have been unable to sustainably market their services to attorneys...
Boris Dzhingarov, Monetary Library 20 Sep 2016
The 2016 African Legal Awards were held at the Wanderers Club in Johannesburg on Friday, 9 September 2016...
Shan Radcliffe 12 Sep 2016
Oftentimes, prospective plaintiffs will have an airtight case, but they're put in a compromising position that prevents them from being able to follow through with the proceedings...
Boris Dzhingarov, Monetary Library 27 Jul 2016
There is a famous saying: If you have the law, hammer the law. If you have the facts, hammer the facts. If you have neither the law nor the facts, hammer the table...
Sharon Snell 22 Jul 2016
Parties to a shipping agreement, such as a contract of carriage or charter, should pay very careful attention to the wording of the mediation clause included in the shipping contract, if they agree that they wish to refer any future or existing disputes to mediation...
Lana Jacobs 27 Jun 2016
As of 1 May 2016, the Competition Amendment Act (2009) comes into effect and one of its provisions makes cartel conduct a criminal offence...
Albert Aukema 26 Apr 2016
