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When judges go rogue

When judges go rogue

“I am constrained to say the following. Whilst [Judge Fisher’s] industry cannot be faulted; it regrettably has to be said that not a single finding that she made had been open for her to make. Moreover, these findings were made without any admissible evidence.”...
The judge who wrenched open justice from journalists

The judge who wrenched open justice from journalists

The June 2017 judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Van Breda v Media 24 & Others allowed the live televising of a criminal trial. It brought joy and happiness to any journalist armed with a camera, and benefitted the public in a multitude of...
Judicial Candidacy and the Judas Goat

Judicial Candidacy and the Judas Goat

A critique of the April 2021 Judicial Service Commission hearings The Council for the Advancement of the Constitution (CASAC) lifted the lid in June this year on a small part of what uSpiked suspected was wrong with how judges of the High Court are selected....