KZN senior advocate, Kemp J Kemp succumbs to COVID-19

KZN senior advocate, Kemp J Kemp succumbs to COVID-19

 Durban-based lawyer, Advocate Kemp J Kemp has died after contracting COVID-19


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He has been hailed as a brilliant legal mind. 


Kemp, who was a member of the KZN Bar, successfully defended former President Zuma in his 2006 rape trial. 


He was a member of the KZN Bar.


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Cape Town-based advocate and member of the Law Society of South Africa, John Smith, says his death is a huge loss for the law fraternity, "I'm shocked and terribly distressed, it's an absolute mass loss to the legal profession."


"I met him during university and he was a junior lecturer and then I appeared against him in two matters over the years. I had the utmost respect for him, he had a brilliant mind and was a confident advocate." 


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