The case for one legal practitioners Act

The forthcoming second draft of the controversial Justice Department issue paper on the rationalisation of the legal profession will canvass the position of prosecutors and public service lawyers as well as paralegals and corporate legal advisers. According to the Department's consultant and author of the first issue paper, Prof Cheryl Loots, prosecutors - whom she regarded as an important branch of the legal profession - had for too long been regarded as public servants. Similarly, paralegals had an important role to play in the delivery of legal services.