High court sets aside Tau’s decision to gazette legal sector BEE code
“The court is acutely conscious that the Legal Sector Code was developed to advance the constitutional imperative of transformation within the legal profession,” the judgment states.
The Pretoria High Court has set aside Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Parks Tau’s decision to introduce the Legal Sector Code, finding that he failed to exercise the independent judgment required before publishing it in September 2024.
Solidarity’s challenge upheld The LPC objected to Solidarity’s right to bring its challenge, arguing that the code regulates ownership, management, skills development and procurement in the legal profession rather than labour relations, and therefore falls outside the union’s functions and interests.
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