AI is here to stay, but is South African commercial law ready for AI-driven contracts? A thread 🧵👇

Don Mahon SC the need for regulation is clear given the pace AI technologies are evolving - key areas could be: establishing AI frameworks in legal processes; developing ways on enforcement of AI contracts; & regulating the use of AI in sensitive sectors such as finance or real estate📊🏡📈

Please can we stop calling it “the new Companies Act” and “the old Companies Act” and start calling it “the Companies Act” and “the previous Companies Act”.

Well done to Advocates for Transformation Johannesburg members who went on a fundraising hike to support Johannesburg Society of Advocates pupils. We appreciate your leadership and support!

And knowing where to look for the answers…

.Johannesburg Society of Advocates pupillage applications have OPENED and CLOSE on 30 June 2025. Send me questions with #PupillageUnpacked until 30 May. I will thenrespond here, and on LinkedIn. Hope it helps. Link for this thread: linkedin.com/pulse/pupillag…

Just returned from the inspiring World City Bar Leaders Conference 2025 in Paris, where legal leaders from across the globe gathered to explore some of the most pressing challenges and opportunities facing the profession (thread).

To all our Johannesburg Society of Advocates pupils, Wishing you the very best of luck as you begin your mock exams today.

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Don’t miss the training session on Adjudication and Arbitration being hosted by Advocates for Transformation tomorrow, 16 September 2025, at Thulamela Chambers.

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Women-led global first for SA lawtech in co-operation with Johannesburg Society of Advocates auxbrief.co.za/worlds-first-l…