Patricia Goliath

/ 17 October 2024

Mabindla-Boqwana ‘comes home’ to heal troubled Western Cape high court

The respected appellate court judge has a plan to create an atmosphere of trust and transparency in the division

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By Emsie Ferreira

Africa

/ 20 February 2023

High court declares sections of Refugees Act unconstitutional

The sections render asylum seekers ‘undocumented’ if they do not renew visas within one month of expiry date

By Tania Broughton

National

/ 10 October 2022

Hlophe grills aspirant Western Cape judges

While he challenges its recommendation that he be suspended, the judge president was allowed to take part in the JSC interviews with candidates in his division

By Emsie Ferreira

Opinion

/ 30 September 2022

‘The law is for protection of the people’ – but do lawyers know it?

It’s fine to be successful and make a good living, but it is essential that law practitioners display morals and ethics and do what’s best for the client

By Johann van der Westhuizen

National

/ 21 September 2022

Hlophe v Goliath inquiry widens

An appeal panel has called for a tribunal to investigate both the judge president of the Western Cape division and his deputy on impeachable charges of misconduct

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By Emsie Ferreira

The Editors Picks

/ 15 July 2022

River Club property developers continue construction despite interim interdict

Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust maintains recommencement of construction not in contravention of the law

By Sheree Bega

National

/ 10 March 2021

Report to JCC calls for tribunal to mull conflicting versions of judges’ damaging clash

The tensions in the Western Cape division are likely to trigger another inquiry into Goliath’s and Salie-Hlophe’s dispute, with potentially dire consequences

By Emsie Ferreira

The Green Guardian

/ 10 February 2021

High court gives Australian mining company a big SLAP(P)

The judge ruled that corporations should not be allowed to use the legal system against citizens and activists

By Sheree Bega

National

/ 19 September 2020

Hlophe says ‘assassination plot’ is a bid to sully his name

Allegations that Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe planned to assassinate his deputy, Patricia Goliath, are leading to further instability on the Cape bench

By Lester Kiewit

National

/ 15 June 2020

Corporate bullying in fight over Xolobeni mining

Activists argue that the Australian company suing them is using the courts to silence criticism and so abusing the legal system. The law should change to stop these types of suits

By Musawenkosi Cabe

National

/ 11 June 2020

Judicial Conduct Committee finds prima facie gross misconduct by Judge Mushtak Parker

The committee says if two complaints against him are found to be true, they are “extremely serious”

By Franny Rabkin

Article

/ 1 April 2020

Western Cape Judge Mushtak Parker faces second misconduct complaint

The Cape Bar Council says his conduct is ‘unbecoming the holding of judicial office’

By Franny Rabkin

Article

/ 19 March 2020

High court judicial row rumbles on

The Judicial Conduct Committee’s decision in the Hlophe vs Goliath matter means those judges at loggerheads will have to continue to work in one court

By Franny Rabkin

Article

/ 17 March 2020

No impeachment tribunal for Hlophe or Goliath — yet

Judicial Conduct Committee decides on a different type of investigation into the gross misconduct complaints between the Western Cape judge president and his deputy

By Franny Rabkin

National

/ 16 March 2020

Western Cape judges refuse to share a bench with one of their own

Ten judges say that, in the dispute between the Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe and his deputy Patricia Goliath, their colleague has shown a serious lack of integrity

By Franny Rabkin

Article

/ 14 February 2020

Strike-off case pulls in judge

Judge Mushtak Parker is implicated in an application to strike off his former partners. He is also involved in the fight between the Western Cape high court’s judge president and his deputy

By Franny Rabkin

Article

/ 7 February 2020

Hlophe: Goliath’s ‘false allegations’ amount to gross misconduct

The Western Cape Judge President has made a counter-complaint against his deputy and responded to her allegation

By Franny Rabkin

Article

/ 31 January 2020

Warring judges stay on the Bench

Removing them, even temporarily, is not easy. And for good reason, writes Franny Rabkin

By Franny Rabkin

Article

/ 25 January 2020

Salie-Hlophe accuses Goliath of lying and racism

In response to Goliath’s gross misconduct complaint, Salie-Hlophe says Goliath has ‘an unhealthy obsession with my marriage’

By Franny Rabkin

Article

/ 24 January 2020

Hlophe complaint is an eerie echo

But the new complaint against the Western Cape judge president is also unprecedented

By Franny Rabkin

Article

/ 21 January 2020

‘Judge President Hlophe tried to influence allocation of judges to nuclear case’

Deputy Judge President Patricia Goliath accuses Hlophe of attempting to influence her to allocate the case to judges he perceived as ‘favourably disposed’ to former president Jacob Zuma

By Franny Rabkin

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Article

/ 15 April 2008

No acquittal for youth in petrol murder trial

The Cape High Court on Tuesday dismissed an application for the acquittal of a 13-year-old youth who allegedly purchased petrol with which a woman was doused and set alight during an argument about a missing cellphone. The boy and three others are alleged to have set alight the woman at a drug den near Cape Town last year.

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Mabindla-Boqwana ‘comes home’ to heal troubled Western Cape high court

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High court declares sections of Refugees Act unconstitutional

Hlophe grills aspirant Western Cape judges

‘The law is for protection of the people’ – but do lawyers know it?

Hlophe v Goliath inquiry widens

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River Club property developers continue construction despite interim interdict

Report to JCC calls for tribunal to mull conflicting versions of judges’ damaging clash

High court gives Australian mining company a big SLAP(P)

Hlophe says ‘assassination plot’ is a bid to sully his name

Corporate bullying in fight over Xolobeni mining

Judicial Conduct Committee finds prima facie gross misconduct by Judge Mushtak Parker

Western Cape Judge Mushtak Parker faces second misconduct complaint

High court judicial row rumbles on

No impeachment tribunal for Hlophe or Goliath — yet

Western Cape judges refuse to share a bench with one of their own

Strike-off case pulls in judge

Hlophe: Goliath’s ‘false allegations’ amount to gross misconduct

Warring judges stay on the Bench

Salie-Hlophe accuses Goliath of lying and racism

Hlophe complaint is an eerie echo

‘Judge President Hlophe tried to influence allocation of judges to nuclear case’

No acquittal for youth in petrol murder trial

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