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Legal Practice Council South Africa: Regulating the Legal Profession or Setting The Fox to Guard the Hens?
But is this stacked deck- lawyers governing lawyers, not a conflict of interest? The challenge facing the LPC is not unique. Many professional regulators are largely governed by members of the professions they oversee. The rationale is straightforward: practitioners, in theory, possess the expertise necessary to understand professional standards and misconduct. Critics, however, have long questioned whether such arrangements amount to setting the fox to guard the proverbial h

Megan Maysie
Jun 249 min read
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