Carpe Pecuniam: Criminal forfeiture of tainted legal fees

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dc.contributor.authorHamman, Abraham
dc.contributor.authorKoen, Raymond
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-12T09:03:06Z
dc.date.available2022-05-12T09:03:06Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractA person charged with money laundering has a right to legal representation and a lawyer is entitled to defend such person. What if the lawyer is paid with dirty money? This paper explores the legal status of tainted fees, to determine whether such moneys should be forfeitable and, if so, what forfeiture means for the client’s right to legal representation and the lawyer’s right to practise his\her profession. This is an issue of international import and the paper considers criminal forfeiture of tainted legal fees in South Africa, the USA and Canada. All three jurisdictions provide for the criminalisation of tainted fees. However, South African lawyers are most in peril both of prosecution and conviction for accepting tainted fees and of having such fees confiscated. Whereas the USA and Canada uphold the right of lawyers to practise their profession, South Africa appears to negate it. The South African position requires reform.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHamman, A., & Koen, R. (2020). Carpe Pecuniam: Criminal forfeiture of tainted legal fees. De Jure Law Journal, 53(1), 19-35. https://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2225-7160/2020/v53a2en_US
dc.identifier.issn2225-7160
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2225-7160/2020/v53a2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/7386
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPretoria University Law Pressen_US
dc.subjectCriminal lawen_US
dc.subjectMoney launderingen_US
dc.subjectClient’s righten_US
dc.subjectLawyer’s righten_US
dc.subjectCriminal forfeitureen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleCarpe Pecuniam: Criminal forfeiture of tainted legal feesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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