Lawyer must pay up for losing client’s R1m
Judge slams conveyancer for negligence after hackers made off with proceeds of Uitenhage house sale
Criticised for having acted negligently – and then for passing the buck to her secretary – a lawyer has been found liable in the Port Elizabeth High Court for the R1m her client lost to sophisticated online hackers.
Ordering conveyancer and notary Lynette Volschenk to pay up, judge Bantubonke Tokota said on Thursday she had owed a duty to her client, a businessman living in America, to safeguard his money...
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