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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
JSC says Unterhalter was excluded by majority vote
His third unsuccessful candidacy raises the spectre of a legal review and case law dictates that the JSC can be compelled to give reasons for failing to appoint a qualified…
Aspirant high court judges grilled on views of Hlophe
The Judicial Service Commission deferred a decision on whether to suspend the Western Cape judge president. He was present, but mostly silent candidates were interviewed for the…
JSC won’t axe Hlophe from selection panel
The commission has dismissed three requests not to proceed with interviews for candidates for the Western Cape high court
Freedom Under Law sends letter of demand to JSC on suspending Hlophe
The letter follows the commission’s insistence that the embattled Western Cape judge president will partake in this week’s interviews of candidates
JSC will deliberate Hlophe’s fate on June 4
The Judicial Service Commission said in a letter to the Cape Bar that the judge president would participate in interviews of aspirant judges in his division
FUL mulls legal options regarding Hlophe’s presence at interviews for Western Cape bench
Premier Alan Winde and the Cape Bar Council asked that the interviews be postponed pending a decision on Hlophe’s fate but the JSC declined
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”
Western Cape Judge Mushtak Parker faces second misconduct complaint
The Cape Bar Council says his conduct is ‘unbecoming the holding of judicial office’
Principle of legality means JSC must give its reasons
Last week the Judicial Service Commission lost yet another case in which a decision it had made was successfully challenged.
Cape Bar Council takes JSC to court over appointments
The Cape Bar Council is to take the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to court for making only one appointment to the Western Cape High Court.
‘Can’t have JSC fiddling’ on Hlophe
The General Council of the Bar, representing most of the country’s advocates, on Tuesday added its voice to calls for Cape Judge President John Hlophe to step down. Chairperson…
Call for Hlophe to step down
Cape Judge President John Hlophe should step down from his post until the latest complaint against him has been resolved, according to the Cape Bar Council. ”It would be…
Hlophe in opposition’s crosshairs
Cape Judge President John Hlophe’s refusal to resign is a typical example of persons holding high office refusing to face the consequences of their actions, says Democratic…