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Court
backlog 'is prejudicing litigants' - 8 October
Thousands of litigants are being prejudiced by the Cape High
Court's backlog of civil cases, say lawyers who are concerned
that their clients will have to wait several years to have their
day in court. There are 3 018 civil matters which have not yet
been allocated trial dates - and the next available date is in
2012. Matters received up until August last year have been
allocated trial dates. - IOL
website
Keyphrase :
Cape Town Attorneys Association
Road Accident Fund
Van
der Westhuizen sentenced - 22 October
Former senior police officer Marius van der Westhuizen was on
Thursday effectively jailed for 24 years for the murder of his
three children three years ago. Cape High Court Judge Willem
Louw ruled the triple murders were not planned or premeditated.
He said a sentence of 15 years on each count would have been
imposed had the seriousness of the murders been the only factors
to be taken into account. There were however substantial and
compelling circumstances to justify a less severe sentence. - IOL
website
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