LPC Examination Results Analysis – October 2026
Conveyancing and Notary examinations - all nine provinces - analysis of the published results lists (prepared 9 October 2026)
Conveyancing candidatesPaper 1 pass ratePaper 2...
When risk leaves the building: Are organisations really managing third-party risk?
As businesses become increasingly reliant on external technology providers, outsourced services and interconnected supply chains, managing risk can no longer stop at the organisation's...
THE SYNTHETIC WHISTLEBLOWER: Corporate Governance in the Age of AI Internal Audits.
It’s 02:13 on a Tuesday. Nobody’s browsing the procurement ledger for entertainment, because even corporate masochism has its limits. Yet the company’s compliance engine...
Digital Arbitration, Real Risks: Building Cybersecurity Into the Process
A tribunal secretary uploads witness statements to a shared drive an hour before a hearing. Counsel forwards case documents to a personal e-mail account...
Daan’s Snippets – 28 September 2026
Practice News and case law
Yes, lawyers have feelings! And believe it or not, legal practice appears to be detrimental to our mental health: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/legal-profession-is-detrimental-mental-health-say-41-lawyers-2026-09-10/
E-commerce...
R58 Million land fraud scheme exposes serious conveyancing red flags
A Special Investigating Unit (SIU) investigation has uncovered an alleged R58 million fraudulent land-transfer scheme in Ekurhuleni, involving 208 municipal stands in Villa Liza...
Accepting ‘cookies’ may leave your privacy in crumbs
You browse online for a new pair of leather shoes. Soon afterwards, advertisements for similar footwear begin following you from one website or social...
September: Busy Is Not the Same as Growing
September is often when the year begins to reveal whether a law firm is truly moving forward — or simply moving faster.
By now, the...
Lawyers must shape AI, not simply adopt it
Governance, not speed, will decide who benefits from legal artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is no longer a future consideration for the legal profession. It is...
THE AI BORDER WALL (The Friction of Frictionless Tech in a Fractured Legal World)
The corporate dream is seductively simple - build an autonomous AI agent once, release it everywhere, and watch it scale while the humans vanish...
Visibility before velocity: Taking control of IT infrastructure costs
Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving from experimentation to everyday business operations. Whether it's developers using AI-assisted coding tools, knowledge workers leveraging intelligent assistants, or...
THE BLACK BOX MUTINY – Why Less Intelligent AI May Be the Smarter Legal...
Corporate optimism tends to peak just before litigation. There’s usually a polished deck, a consultant repeating “at scale”, and an AI system nobody in the room can explain without calling the vendor. The board...
