The objects of the Council are to—
| (a) |
facilitate the realisation of the goal of a transformed and restructured legal profession that is accountable, efficient and independent; |
| (b) |
ensure that fees charged by legal practitioners for legal services rendered are reasonable and promote access to legal services, thereby enhancing access to justice; |
| (c) |
promote and protect the public interest; |
| (e) |
preserve and uphold the independence of the legal profession; |
| (f) |
enhance and maintain the integrity and status of the legal profession; |
| (g) |
determine, enhance and maintain appropriate standards of professional practice and ethical conduct of all legal practitioners and all candidate legal practitioners; |
| (h) |
promote high standards of legal education and training, and compulsory post-qualification professional development; |
| (i) |
promote access to the legal profession, in pursuit of a legal profession that broadly reflects the demographics of the Republic; |
| (j) |
ensure accessible and sustainable training of law graduates aspiring to be admitted and enrolled as legal practitioners; |
| (k) |
uphold and advance the rule of law, the administration of justice, and the Constitution of the Republic; and |
| (l) |
give effect to the provisions of this Act in order to achieve the purpose of this Act, as set out in section 3. |
Mandating Procedures of Provinces Act, 2008
