COMPLAINT OF MISCONDUCT
C O M P L A I N T
O F
M I S C O N D U C T
Schedule 5
(Rule 45.2)
A person wishing to complain against the conduct of a legal practitioner, a candidate legal practitioner or a
juristic entity must initiate the process by completing and signing this document and lodging the original with
the Council at the following address:
PROCFORUM BUILDING, 123 PAUL KRUGER STREET, PRETORIA OR BY PREPAID POST
TO P O BOX 143, PRETORIA, 0001.
In this document a reference to a "legal practitioner" is a reference to a legal practitioner, a candidate legal
practitioner or a juristic entity, as the context requires.
*WE WILL ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR COMPLAINT AND GIVE YOU A REFERENCE NUMBER. PLEASE
QUOTE OUR REFERENCE NUMBER AT ALL TIMES *
Please complete the document in print or typing
Please note that it is your duty to inform the Legal Practice Council of any change in your
address or particulars after this complaint has been lodged.
1.
COMPLAINANT’S DETAILS
Full name and surname
Thembi Masina
Identity number
7606190446085
Home address and code:
No 32 Winchester Gardens
Johannesburg
Postal address and code:
E-mail address:
Telephone number/s:
Your Employer:
Work Address:
Employer’s telephone number:
masinatp1@gmail.com
2.
LEGAL PRACTITIONER’S DETAILS
Coetzee Spoelstra and Van Zyl
Full name and surname
Where is the legal practitioner
Volksrust
practising?
If the legal practitioner is an
attorney, the name of the firm of
attorneys where the attorney is
practising.
3.
DETAILS OF YOUR COMPLAINT
30/06/23
On which date did you instruct the
legal practitioner?
What was the nature of your
To discount this amount
instruction to the legal practitioner?
ie what did you ask the legal
practitioner to do for you?
When last did you hear from or
consult with your legal practitioner?
Was there a written letter of
Statement and what’s up conversation
engagement?
If so, please provide a copy.
4.
Annexure:
NATURE OF YOUR COMPLAINT
Into which of the following categories does your complaint fall?
Failure to account for money
Failure to respond to communications
Failure to deal properly with your instructions
Fees and costs
Other
Fees and costs
5.
NATURE OF THE WORK
Third party/motor vehicle accidence claim
Deceased estate
Property transaction
Divorce proceedings
Criminal proceedings
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Please complete only if your complaint does not fall within any of the above categories
(Use a separate schedule if the space is insufficient)
These are attorneys that collects money on behalf of school.
The account was handed over in May for the amount of 7500
Todate its now 18466
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FURTHER DETAILS OF YOUR COMPLAINT
Did the legal practitioner send you
you any letters after your
Statement
instructions to him/her? (If you are
in possession of such letters, please
enclose only the letters relevant
to your complaint.
Annexure/s:
Please state point by point why you are unhappy with the legal practitioner? In what way did
he/she fail to do the work you expected to be done?
(Use a separate schedule if the space is insufficient)
I have a similar problem with them last year and i paid 19500 from 14500 that was within 30 days.
That money was borrowed from the bank, I am still owing the bank plus current fees for school. I wont be able to pay them so much.
I would like them to consider their interest charged.
Signed by the complainant at Johannesburg
_____________________ on 25/08/23
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COMPLAINANT
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