Can I wear jeans to jury duty in California?
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Can I wear jeans to jury duty in California?
Acceptable court attire is business or business casual dress (jeans are allowed). No shorts, tank tops, crop tops or bare feet are permitted. If the judicial officer finds your clothing inappropriate you could be ordered to go home to change or to return to court on another day.
Is a candidate attorney an employee?
The relationship of principal attorney and candidate attorney under a contract of articles of clerkship is not, properly construed, an ordinary employment relationship and is indeed a sui generis statutory relationship governed by the provisions of the Attorneys Act No 53 of 1979.
Can a candidate attorney be retrenched?
When terminating the services of candidate attorneys, the Attorneys Act does not require the principal attorney to seek the leave either of the High Court or the Law Society before terminating or cancelling the contract of articles. The Law Society only requires of the principal attorney to notify them in writing.
Can a candidate attorney appear at the CCMA?
Legal practitioners and candidate attorneys do not have an automatic right of appearance at any of the CCMA processes.
Who can represent me at CCMA?
Rule 25 of the CCMA Rules provides that in an arbitration hearing a party may appear in person or be represented by a legal practitioner, a director or fellow employee, office- bearer or official of the party’s registered trade union or registered employer’s organisation.
Can a candidate attorney appear in regional court?
Any candidate attorney who has served for a period of one year under his or her articles of clerkship/contract of service; alternatively any candidate who has previously practised as an advocate or magistrate or prosecutor for a period of one year is eligible for a certificate of appearance in the Regional Court.
How can I get the right of appearance in South Africa?
To present someone else’s case in the High Court requires that you have the ‘right to appear’. Advocates automatically have the right to appear in any court. However, attorneys must first be certified by the Registrar of the High Court, and this is what the Right of Appearance in Courts Act 1995 1 is all about.
