The General Council of the Bar said criticism of rulings should be voiced with deference to the judiciary
The JSC exceeded its mandate to place the president in a corner in which exercising his wide powers to select the next chief justice have become fettered by popular concerns
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Decisions about who is recommended for the advocates’ top honour were always the exclusive terrain of the independent bar councils
This is despite the Constitutional Court quashing a bid to debar the former NPA officials
In a statement on Monday morning, the former ConCourt justice said she would be meeting with Ramaphosa “for a formal presentation and handover”
President Cyril Ramaphosa suspended both Jiba and Mrwebi in October 2018 pending the outcome of the inquiry
In July, the SCA overturned a ruling of the high court in Pretoria that Jiba and Mrwebi be struck from the roll of advocates
Spokesperson Luvuyo Mfaku confirmed on Thursday that the NPA wrote to Freedom under Law this week, informing the organisation of the NPA’s decision
Ramaphosa invited the two to make submissions by August 10 to say why they should not be suspended pending the inquiry
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Nomgcobo Jiba, who asked to be placed on special leave pending the Supreme Court of Appeal ruling, returned to work last week
GCB statement follows comments made by the Advocates for Transformation, which said it was "concerned about the intolerable inconsistency" of the Bar
In a statement on Tuesday, it said the decision on whether the GCB should apply for leave to appeal the judgement of the SCA was "extensively debated"
Jiba and Mrwebi’s return to the NPA offices is now imminent as they await the go ahead from National Director of Public Prosecutions Shaun Abrahams
Jiba and Mrwebi were struck off the roll on September 15, 2016, by Judge Francis Legodi
The General Council of the Bar of SA is calling on government to break its silence and condemn "state-sanctioned homophobia" on the continent.
The draft Protection of Information Bill does not pass constitutional muster, the General Council of the Bar of South Africa (GCB) said on Friday.
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The General Council of the Bar is reconsidering mounting a legal challenge to Mokotedi Mpshe as an acting judge in the North West High Court.
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Top senior advocate Seth Nthai was allegedly taped soliciting a bribe from Italian investors litigating against South Africa in Washington.
The lawful decision by the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) not to continue its inquiry into Cape Judge President John Hlophe has upset some people, the Black Lawyers’ Association (BLA) said on Tuesday. ”It’s an outcome they don’t like,” BLA president Henry Msimang said.
Nine senior advocates from the Cape Bar, some of them former acting judges, have publicly called on Cape Judge President John Hlophe to quit. ”We believe that there cannot be public confidence in the continuation in office now of Judge Hlophe,” they said in a letter published on Tuesday.