The case of the attorney who wasn’t

MOST people know that a lawyer who is guilty of misconduct may be struck from the roll and prevented from ever acting as an advocate or attorney again. But supposing the person involved never was a proper member of the …Share this:Click to share on Twitter...

Will commission at long last do its duty?

– That’s the question raised by the Constitutional Court’s judgment in the Hlophe matter IN the upheaval over government’s peculiar plans for the judiciary and the justice system, not to mention its new obsession for creating a compulsory national culture...

General council of the bar reaction

– to judgment on senior counsel status THE General Council of the Bar and the Johannesburg society of advocates are likely to challenge the high court ruling declaring that the South Africa President has no power to confer senior counsel …Share this:Click to...

No room in SA law

– for “don’t ask; don’t tell” – judge slams ‘arrogant’ disregard for public right to information Dlusha v King Sabatha Dalindye IT’S not only the central government that finds itself under pressure from the courts. Provincial and local governments are …Share...

Judge’s inflammatory remarks

– about foreigners seeking asylum: appeal court not impressed IT’S not every day that you read an appeal decision commenting on the way a trial court handled a matter using words like these: ‘It is a matter of grave concern …Share this:Click to share on Twitter...