BUSINESS group Sakeliga has raised red flags around a draft code for the legal sector, which it says poses a threat to the independence and functioning of the legal profession.
The code harms not only the private interests of practitioners, firms, and clients, it said, but also the public interest, given the legal professions’ foundational role in a constitutional order.
Now in its second iteration for public comment, the draft legal sector code seeks to bring the legal profession under sector-specific B-BBEE codes.
“Regulation of the legal industry should serve the function of ensuring and overseeing the quality of service and the independence of the legal sector,” said Piet le Roux, Sakeliga chief executive.
“Instead, the draft legal sector code introduces partisan political considerations – specifically racial transformation – as matters of law into the industry.”
Properly understood and legitimately pursued, these considerations should rather be matters of public advocacy
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