The Bar will invoke the cab-rank rule, which generally requires counsel to accept a brief in a field where they practise, even when they dislike the client or cause. Yet the rule allows refusal where conflicts, competence, availability, improper instructions, fee issues or other special circumstances arise
The outgoing national director of public prosecutions said her successor should fight for more institutional independence and for competitive salaries to attract high profile advocates
While the national director of public prosecutions’s conduct at the Nkabinde inquiry has tarnished her legacy, she remains the first person in the post to complete a full term of office
Panel members at the Nkabinde inquiry said the national director of public prosecutions was undermining the inquiry she herself had insisted upon
The national director of public prosecutions defended herself against criticism, saying she had delegated the matter to her subordinate
The national director of public prosecutions said she established a panel to look into the human rights abuses linked to the Durban police unit
NPA boss defended her decisions while conceding documentation oversights, which she said should not constrain the inquiry
Ngcukaitobi accused the national director of public prosecutions of punishing Chauke for doing his job
The commission says the case highlights the difficulty of prosecuting global and domestic cartels that exploit legal loopholes to delay proceedings
Judges ask the president’s and the National Assembly’s counsel if parliament threw the baby out with the bathwater
Judge Susannah Cowen said South Africa was waiting for land justice and the constitutional court should lead the way
The hearing of the IEC’s appeal to the electoral court’s finding that Zuma was eligible for parliament saw a tense exchange between counsel and the bench
The supreme court of appeal confirms stringent standard for consent as defence in rape cases
This will be seen as another blow to the ANC’s prospects of regaining its majority
Zuma says he can again be president because he did not serve two full terms
The Israeli invasion is also a battle between religion and law with no certain outcome
Floyd Shivambu and Marshall Dlamini are also among the senior members who will not be able to attend, the result of their storming the stage at SONA 2023
Turkey and Malaysia have already backed the application, which the US has deemed ‘meritless, counterproductive and completely without any basis in fact whatsoever’
The Economic Freedom Fighters want to subpoena Ramaphosa to testify about whether he felt threatened when its members jumped onto the stage during his State of the Nation address in February
The advocate’s speech on inequality, apartheid, the ANC and optimism at the M&G’s 200 Young South Africans event is wanting in a number of aspects
The Pretoria high court granted an order, unopposed, to allow it to serve papers abroad in its defamation suit against the former Eskom chief executive
Party says the move is to vindicate its ‘reputation’ but the timing suggests it’s a pre-emptive strike
With only three candidates shortlisted, the JSC will again not be able to fill a vacancy that arose at the constitutional court in late 2021
It was caused by the failings of the government, which has a responsibility to spare hospitals, schools and police stations to protect people’s rights
The utility’s reasoning in papers before court showed, if true, that the timeframes in its Generation Recovery Plan cannot be met, applicants in a constitutional challenge say
Tembeka Ngcukaitobi commemorates the 45th anniversary of the death of Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe
Public enterprises minister raises complexity of issues involved in response to a letter of demand from parties planning to sue the state
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
The embattled Western Cape judge president lacks a sound argument in law and in his review bid is seeking to disqualify his peers from holding him to account, the high court heard
The last-minute application by Democracy in Action was a case of self-created urgency, the court said in a ruling handed down mere hours before the planned handover of a hard copy of Zondo’s first set of findings
Judge Gerald Bloem sustained the argument from affected local communities that the oil giant had failed to consult and to refute their evidence that it would cause lasting harm to marine life
Acting judge Tembeka Ngcukaitobi’s acquittal of a rape suspect has raised controversy, but legal experts say the fault lay with legislators and not the court