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The matter stems from Xulu’s multimillion-rand fee dispute with the department.
Last January, the high court found BXI had unlawfully been paid about R20 million in legal fees by the department and ordered he repay it by 30 April.
It was found by Judge Owen Rogers that BXI had received the payments for work done based on invalid writs of execution and notices of attachment, as the department was entitled to free legal advice from the state attorney.
Rogers also found that the court’s writs of execution were not checked for compliance with the State Liability Act – the act governing work done by any contractor on behalf of the state.
Fugitive Bobroff lawyers get back R7m of money forfeited to State
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Pretoria - Fugitive former personal injury lawyers Ronald Bobroff and his son Darren have received a small reprieve from the Supreme Court of Appeal.
It ordered that slightly over R7 million of the more than R100m which was earlier forfeited to the State be handed back to them.
This followed an appeal by the two who fled to Australia in 2016 and challenged the forfeiture of money said to be hidden in bank accounts in Israel.
The National Director of Public Prosecutions earlier successfully applied for the money to be forfeited to the State.
There was some respite for fugitive former personal injury attorneys Ronald Bobroff and his son Darren Bobroff when the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled that R6.8m be returned to them.
Bernadette Wicks Last January, the high court found B Xulu & Partners Incorporated had unlawfully been paid about R20 million in legal fees by the department and ordered he repay it. Picture for illustrative purposes: @SAPoliceService/Twitter Controversial attorney Barnabas Xulu has been dealt another defeat in the courts in his bid to wrest back control of millions of rands worth of assets frozen last year. Western Cape High Court Judge Ashley Binns-Ward who, in November, confirmed an anti-dissipation order against Xulu, pending the finalisation of his multimillion-rand fee dispute with the department of forestry, fisheries and the environment, this week dismissed an application Xulu lodged for his recusal. The judge also dismissed Xulu’s application for leave to appeal his November ruling. Last January, the high court found Xulu’s firm, B X