Legal Costs | Online Course 30 November & 1 December 2023 | 13:00 to +- 16:00 |
Gain the necessary skills in drawing and opposing bills of costs and ethical background About this online course The aim of this course is to equip delegates with a better understanding of legal costs in order to run a more efficient practice to serve in the best interests of their clients. This course provides a better understanding between civil litigious and non-litigious matters and the consequence thereof. The concept of legal costs and a general understanding will form the basis followed by practical training. There will be a section covered on thorough analysis of Section 35 of the Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014 and the implications of the innovations in regard to attorneys / client relationships in respect of legal costs. The programme will include: Session 1: (Day 1)
Session 2: (Day 2)
Presenter Cornelius Meiring was admitted as a legal practitioner of the High court in February 1997. He was also admitted as a conveyancer in 2002 and has been in full time practice as an attorney and conveyancer for the past 26 years. Cornelius become involved with LEAD in 2006 and has been presenting various topics for the past 18 years. The subjects / topics he presents include Legal Practice Accounts Management, Wills, Estates, Trusts and Legal Costs among others. He is also a guest lecturer at the North West University , where he presents Accounting for Legal Practitioners. Cornelius is also part of the LPCs Disciplinary Committee and Fee Dispute Resolution Committee. |
Dates and times 30 November and 1 December 2023 : 13:00 to +/-16:00 Closing date for registrations: 29 November 2023. This course usually fills up quickly!! Certification |
Who should register? Practising legal practitioners specialising in litigation, candidate legal practitioners and non-practising legal practitioners/legal support staff. |
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How to register Kindly note that you can only register online and that there are limited space available. Participants should be registered individually to enable the system to generate a unique username and password for each person. |
STEP 1: Payment should be made by electronic funds transfer (EFT) only. You are required to upload the proof of payment (PDF) in step 2 – (Online registration form).LSSA banking details: Account name: Law Society of South Africa | Bank: FNB Pretoria | Branch code: 251445 | Account no: 6200 9641 079 | Reference: LC, your initials, surname |
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STEP 3:Once you have successfully registered to participate, you will receive a system generated confirmation e-mail that we have received your registration documentation. 24hrs before the course starts, you will receive an e-mail with the link to the course (Microsoft Teams) as well as your course material. Read the instructions in the e-mail carefully and test your link (Microsoft Teams) to the course page at least 40 minutes before it starts. |
For more information about this course contact Yolanda Singh: Email: Yolanda@LSSALEAD.org.za or Tel No 012 441 4652 |
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