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Lesotho’s Chief Justice bars SA’s Shaun Abrahams from trial over ‘unacceptable behaviour’

by Carmel Rickard | Jan 31, 2022

Controversial advocate, Shaun Abrahams, forced from his top prosecution job in South Africa, has been hauled over the coals by Lesotho’s Chief Justice Sakoane Sakoane for his behaviour in a bitterly contested trial, and has been barred from further participation...

Judge and applicant instructed same counsel: grounds for recusal?

by Carmel Rickard | Sep 28, 2019

In this most unusual set of circumstances, a Namibian acting judge, while still in his permanent post as principal magistrate, needed to bring an insurance claim. His insurance company sent formal instructions to counsel. Now, as acting judge, he has …Share...

Recusal as a form of protest? – don’t do it, says Namibia’s highest court

by Carmel Rickard | Mar 29, 2019

TWO regional magistrates felt they were being badly treated over promotion and recused themselves in protest. Now they have been ordered back to work by Namibia’s top court. The magistrates stood down from several part-heard cases to highlight what they …Share...

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