Van Zyl, who had been practising at the high court chambers in Pretoria, had withdrawn money from the floor-fund account for personal use.
The Supreme Court of Appeal has removed Margaret van Zyl's name from the roll of advocates.The Supreme Court of Appeal said it would be negligent to let an advocate who lied in submissions to court loose on the unsuspecting public.
The court made this remark on Thursday as it removed the name of Margaret van Zyl from the roll of advocates. The SCA upheld an appeal by the Pretoria Society of Advocates against an order of the high court in Pretoria which suspended Van Zyl in September 2016 from practising as an advocate for 18 months.
The floor fund was established by members of the second floor at the chambers to pay monthly allowances to staff and for social functions and other expenses. Fellow members of the bar where she practised referred a complaint to the Pretoria Society of Advocates after attempts to resolve the whereabouts of about R6,000 from the fund, of which she was in charge, were unsuccessful.
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