Tag: court hearing
Mandatory mediation to ease court backlogs
In a bold move to overhaul a justice system buckling under the weight of unprecedented gamesmanship by defendant counsel in delaying court dates, South Africa's high courts will institute mandatory mediation for civil cases before any trial dates are assigned. This sweeping directive was issued on 14 April and is slated to take effect in May 2025.
Witnesses are key at hearings
Regardless of whether one is faced with a court hearing, a disciplinary hearing or an arbitration hearing it is always very difficult, and often impossible to win without witnesses.
