For the last four years, the Seychelles judiciary has suffered division and disruption over the behaviour of a senior member of the bench, Durai Karunakaran. Recommended for dismissal by a tribunal that inquired into his behaviour, he resigned in March …Share...
Over the last few months Uganda’s courts have delivered a series of decisions that extended democratic practices. Judges have declared restrictive legislation unconstitutional and ordered compensation for a detainee killed by police. No wonder some observers hoped...
The safety of judicial officers and others using the courts had become a matter of serious concern to the SA government, according to the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Ronald Lamola. Speaking at the AGM of the Judicial Officers …Share...
Three issues were at the forefront of discussion when the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Ronald Lamola, attended the AGM of the Judicial Officers Association of South Africa (Joasa) this weekend. Why was ‘recycling’ approved when acting magistrates had...
The Judicial Officers Association of South Africa (Joasa) has thrown down the gauntlet to South Africa’s Chief Justice, Mogoeng Mogoeng, saying there was ‘an over-concentration of power’ in the Office of the Chief Justice and calling for a symposium to...
