Legal precedent favours the ATM in its application to have parliament’s vote on the Ngcobo report overturned but the speaker says the court erred
Chief legal advisor says the sub judice rule does not bar the National Assembly from debating the report, unless the president applies for an interdict
One of the grounds is the publication of a list of counsel and the fees they earned from litigation around the reports of the suspended public protector
The president rejected the demand that he lift her suspension as public protector and said he would defend his decision in a legal challenge she sought to bring
The decision came despite inventive litigation launched by the public protector to stave off both suspension and a parliamentary impeachment inquiry
The public protector’s lawyer informed the court and the respondents of the ‘unfortunate’ development on the eve of the high court hearing