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Chaos as attorneys seek to have RAF cases settled in city

‘block settlements’

WHILE the legal fraternity describe the claims process as chaos, the Road Accident Fund (RAF) says order had been restored.

The lawyers camped outside Sammy Marks Square for two days this week to try to get a spot to settle RAF claims on behalf of their clients.

Attorneys are so upset about the fact there was no structure to the process of block settlements to which they were invited by the RAF, that the Pretoria Attorneys’ Association asked the Legal Practice Council to intervene in the “unfortunate situation”.

In a letter sent to the Legal Practice Council, the association said it had taken note, “with utter dismay, of the indignation that members of

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