The scandal around judges of the Western Cape is developing with astonishing speed. Following a dispute between the judge president, John Hlophe, and his deputy, Patricia Goliath, over the latter’s claims relating to the JP’s alleged inappropriate, even...
Few South African courts have yet issued judgments this year, but the legal world is far from bored. A sensational affidavit, sworn by the deputy judge president of the high court in Cape Town, Patricia Goliath, has thrown open the …Share this:Click to share on...
Our lead story this week is the most extraordinary tale of one man’s devotion to judicial independence. It is about a judge in Thailand who decided on death rather than dishonouring his oath of office. But, like the two other …Share this:Click to share on...
When Thai judge Khanakorn Pianchana reached the end of the judgment in a case he had been hearing, he read out a statement. He next walked from the bench to bow before a portrait of Thai King, Maha Vajiralongkorn. Then …Share this:Click to share on Twitter...
A full bench of three high court judges has re-affirmed that the mandatory death penalty in Tanzania is constitutionally valid. No new factors had been given to the court to indicate that anything had changed since the last time the …Share this:Click to share...
