15/01/2024 Bertus Preller Adversarial Legal System, Costs, Divorce, Hostile Family Lawyers attorney fees, client interests, cost orders, court discretion, divorce proceedings, electronic adjudication, emotional considerations, family law complexities, financial considerations, judicial efficiency, judicial resources, Legal Ethics, legal practice implications, legal practitioner conduct, professional diligence, request for reasons, South African Family Law A Crucial Judgement for Family Law Practitioners: Insights from a Non-Family Law Case: A Critical Analysis of Recent South African Case Law on Legal Practitioner Conduct and Cost Orders. – Strydom and Another v Coomans and Others (M533/2021) [2024] ZANWHC 6 (8 January 2024) In November 2023, the court was presented with a request for reasons pertaining to a judgement made on the 16th of November 2023. This judgement had dismissed an application for… READ MORE