To provide a legislative framework for the transformation and restructuring of the legal profession in line with constitutional imperatives so as to facilitate and enhance an independent legal profession that broadly reflects the diversity and demographics of the Republic; to provide for the establishment, powers and functions of a single South African Legal Practice Council and Provincial Councils in order to regulate the affairs of legal practitioners and to set norms and standards; to provide for the admission and enrolment of legal practitioners; to regulate the professional conduct of legal practitioners so as to ensure accountable conduct; to provide for the establishment of an Office of a Legal Services Ombud and for the appointment, powers and functions of a Legal Services Ombud; to provide for a Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity Fund and a Board of Control for the Fidelity Fund; to provide for the establishment, powers and functions of a National Forum on the Legal Profession; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Latest Developments:

The Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014), has been updated with the Insertion of Rule 35A to the Legal Practice Council Rules (Legal Practice in Conveyancing, and Notary), as per Notice No. 2848 of GG51637 dated 22 November 2024.

The Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014), has been updated with the Insertion of paragraph 9.11 to the Legal Practice Council Code of Conduct, as per Notice No. 2847 of GG51637 dated 22 November 2024.

The Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014), has been updated with the Insertion of Schedule 3B of the Rules – effective from 1 January 2025, as per Notice No. 2684 of GG51050 dated 16 August 2024.

The Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014), has been updated with Amendment of Rules 22.3, 22.4 and Schedules 2A and 3A of the Rules, as per Notice No. 2683 of GG51050 dated 16 August 2024.

The Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014), has been updated with Amendments to the Regulations under Notice R.1183 of 2018 – Amendment of Rules – Deletion of C21(PIII), Insertion of C2A (PII) not (PI), as per Notice No. 2235 of GG49833 dated 8 December 2023.

The Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014), has been updated with Amendments to the Regulations under Notice R.1183 of 2018 – Amendment of Rule 54.14.16, as per Notice No. 2234 of GG49833 dated 8 December 2023.

The Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014), has been updated with Amendments to the Regulations under Notice R.1183 of 2018 – Amendment of Rule 32.2.1, as per Notice No. 2233 of GG49833 dated 8 December 2023.

The Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014), has been updated with Amendments to the Regulations under Notice R.1183 of 2018 – Insertion of Rule 21.12, as per Notice No. 2232 of GG49833 dated 8 December 2023.

The Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014), has been updated with Amendments to the Regulations under Notice R.1183 of 2018 – Amendment of Rule 21.11, as per Notice No. 2231 of GG49833 dated 8 December 2023.

The Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014), has been updated with Amendments to the Regulations under Notice R.1183 of 2018 – Amendment of Rule 16.3, as per Notice No. 2230 of GG49833 dated 8 December 2023.

The Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014), has been updated with Amendments to the Regulations under Notice R.1183 of 2018 – insertion of Reg 4A, 4B and Annexures C and D, as per Notice No. R.3882 of GG49193 dated 25 August 2023.

The Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014), has been updated with the Regulations under section 109(1)(bA) of the Legal Practice Act, 2014, as per Notice No. R.1183 of GG42002 dated 29 October 2018.

The Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014), has been updated with Amendments to Rules under N401 of 2018 – substitution of Rule 17.2.14.1 in Part V, as per General Notice 2009 of GG49220 dated 1 September 2023.

The Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014), has been updated with Amendments to Rules under N401 of 2018 – substitution of Schedule 5 in its entirety, as per General Notice 2001 of GG49220 dated 1 September 2023.

The Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014), has been updated with Amendments to the Regulations under Notice R.921 of 31 August 2018, as per Notice No. R.3779 of GG49104 dated 11 August 2023.

The Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014), has been updated with the Commencement of certain Sections of the Legal Practice Act 2014, as per Proclamation Notice 120 of GG48659 dated 25 May 2023.

The Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014) has been updated by Regulations, Regulations under Section 109(1)(a) as per Notice No. R. 921 of 2018 of GG 41879 dated 31 August 2018.

The Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014) has been updated by the publication of the Final Rules as per Section 96(1), 95(3) and 109(2) as per Notice No. 401 of 2018 of GG 41781 dated 20 July 2018.

The Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014) has been amended by Legal Practice Amendment Act, 2017 (Act No. 16 of 2017), Notice No. 33, Government Gazette 41389, dated 18 January 2018.

The Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014) has been amended by Commencement of Parts 1 And 2 of Chapter 10 of The Legal Practice Act, 2014, Government Gazette 38412, Notice No. R. 2 of 2015, dated 23 January 2015.

The Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014) has been added to the website by Government Gazette 38022, Notice No. 740, dated 22 September 2014.