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No fees for lawyers, says outraged judge

‘hopeless cases’

A JUDGE was so outraged by the conduct of lawyers and advocates, including Unisa’s acting head of legal services, that he ordered they could not charge their clients.

In referring to the two cases brought before him – one by Unisa and the other by the Limpopo Department of Justice – Judge Smanga Sethene said it was unclear whether the counsel involved were hopeless or recklessly

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