Black voluntary legal organisations launch legal action to compel Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Mr. Ebrahim Patel to gazette the BEE Legal Sector Code
29 February 2024
Today, 29 February 2024 - four voluntary organisations dedicated to promoting transformation within the legal profession, launched legal proceedings in the North Gauteng High Court against the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Mr. Ebrahim Patel, due to his failure to gazette the B-BBEE Legal Sector Code. The Minister has consistently frustrated the process of finalising the LSC since 2021.
The following organisations are applicants in the case.
- The National Association of Democratic Lawyers Association (NADEL),
- The Black Conveyancers Association (BCA),