Although working online and/or from home may not be the exclusive operational model of all SA lawyers, LWFH actively looks out for opportunities in these areas to support all lawyers to adjust faster to new developments with the view to lead their clients and practices better in the 4th industrial revolution.
Emmie served 2 years of articles at Spoor & Fisher and was admitted as an attorney in 2002. She started her own law firm in February 2005 specialising in intellectual property law and related commercial law aspects.
The pandemic and lockdown regulations disrupted all law firms. In particular, many law firms had to make changes to operations, including scaling down staff and/or office space. As South Africa moved from Lockdown level 5 to 1, law firms recovered and adjusted in 2021. Many law firms also experienced growth, which may now require recruitment and appointment of new staff.
Following the announcement by the Public Protector to release a report stemming from her investigation into a donation by Bosasa to the 2017 presidential campaign of President Cyril Ramaphosa (alisa “C17”), the president approached the courts for an interdict prohibiting the public release of the report. Certain prominent business persons were allegedly amongst the donors
Perhaps as a business owner, your Last Will and Testament is in place. Fantastic! What does this mean for your business? It is unnerving to explain to business owners that they must consider their options with regard to estate planning in the event of their death. It is an uneasy thought for business owners to
It appears the social web has become a breeding ground for defamation claims. There is the sense that the Internet is a free-for-all environment where anyone can do anything with impunity. Many seem to be ignorant of the dangers when posting in the public space, and of the need for responsibility and exercising restraint.
The pandemic changed our world and the way we operate our legal practices. Pre-lockdown, some prejudice existed towards lawyers working from home, based on an assumption that home office environments could be less equipped to offer high level professional legal services. This has changed. Today, world leaders, many corporate professionals, most accountants, many bankers, the Queen and some Judges work from home offices.
If you are looking for someone to fix your plumbing, will you hire a cook to do it? Probably not! Similarly, how will you know if you are hiring the right lawyer for your specific legal problem or issue?
Any workplace creates stress. Experts say there are generally mainly 4 stress factors at any work, namely inter-personal relationships, organizing, multi-tasking and physical discomfort.
The words of then Deputy President Thabo Mbeki addressing the United Nations University on 9 April 1998, were a call on Africans to realise their importance and become equipped for development shaped for equal economic activity and good living.
