Lawyer · South Africa
Website advertising rules for lawyers in South Africa
Lawyers answer to their regulator's advertising and conduct rules as well as to privacy law. This is what Legal Practice Council Code of Conduct (publicity and specialisation, paras 7-8) means for your website: testimonials, claims, fees, titles and the details you must show. It applies only to sites of that profession, and only where you are licensed. For the general laws every site in South Africa must follow, see South Africa's laws.
How a SafeLaunch audit checks each one
- CheckedChecked automatically on every scan
- AI reviewLooked for by the AI analysis, reported only with evidence
- Your answersDecided from your answers to the audit questions
- PreparedPrepared for you in the report's compliance pack
- You confirmA scan can't see this; you need to confirm it
Legal Practice Council Code of Conduct (publicity and specialisation, paras 7-8)
Code published as GN 168 in Government Gazette 42337 on 29 Mar 2019 and amended in 2021 and 2023.
Who it covers: All legal practitioners (attorneys and advocates) and firms on the Council's rolls. Fee-advertising rules under the Legal Practice Act s 35 were not read. Set by the Legal Practice Council.
What it requires of a website or app (5)
- Publicity in any medium (including electronic and social media) does not bring the profession into disrepute and is not offensive or inappropriateAI reviewparas 7.1.1, 7.2.1-7.2.2
- Publicity does not misrepresent the nature of the service offeredAI reviewpara 7.2.3
- Publicity does not disparage, compare, criticise or claim superiority over another practitioner's serviceAI reviewpara 7.2.5
- No client is named in publicity without prior written consent (if the site names clients or shows testimonials)AI reviewpara 7.2.6
- Specialist or expert claims rest on specialised qualifications or experience; the Council may order a stop if unjustifiedAI reviewpara 8.1
Sources:LPC Code of Conduct (GN 168 of 2019), consolidated copy
Rules for lawyers in other markets
Check your practice's site against South Africa's rules
A free scan checks your website or app against these rules in about a minute and shows what applies, with evidence from your pages. The full report gives the exact fix for each finding.
Check my site freeOne free fix in your inbox each week
A new copy-paste prompt for Lovable, Cursor or Claude Code every week, with the rule behind it and how to check it worked, plus the Monday briefing on new laws and deadlines. No spam, unsubscribe in one click.
By signing up you agree to get these weekly emails. We send it with Kit, and you can unsubscribe at any time. What we share with Kit is in our privacy notice.
A plain-language summary of what each law requires of a website or app, from the SafeLaunch rulebook, with the provision and official sources. It is not legal advice and not every duty in each law is listed.