A team of lawyers acting for victims of disgraced attorney Zuko Nonxuba have secured a court order giving the Legal Practice Council (LPC) strict timelines to complete its investigations into the alleged R348m plunder of his trust funds, and to pay out any proven claims. Among the victims are dozens of children with cerebral palsy whose parents and guardians, through Nonxuba's firm, sued the department of health for medical negligence. The department paid over millions of rand into the firm's trust account. But, it is alleged, Nonxuba stole the money. He has now been suspended from practice. Attorneys from Andraos and Hatchett, assisted by advocates Nazeer Cassim SC and Mohammed Desai, launched an urgent application in the Johannesburg high court against the LPC and the Legal Practitioners Fidelity Fund, seeking to support the victims and ensure they get what is legally theirs. A settlement agreement with the LPC now puts pressure on it to take swift action.