Honourable Chief Justice of the Supreme Court!Madam President of the Constitutional Court!Madam Minister of Justice!Mr. Prosecutor General!Esteemed Judges!Ladies and Gentlemen!I am very pleased that the central theme of today’s conference is the culture of litigation. Not only what constitutes a good judicial outcome, but also the path taken to reach that outcome. The purpose of the courts is justice. Both a just outcome in a case and a fair process by which that outcome is reached. Yet we all…
Honourable Chief Justice of the Supreme Court!Madam President of the Constitutional Court!Madam Minister of Justice!Mr. Prosecutor General!Esteemed Judges!Ladies and Gentlemen!I am very pleased that the central theme of today’s conference is the culture of litigation. Not only what constitutes a good judicial outcome, but also the path taken to reach that outcome. The purpose of the courts is justice. Both a just outcome in a case and a fair process by which that outcome is reached. Yet we all know that achieving a just judgment, and the path towards justice itself, is not always smooth or straightforward. More often it is winding, branching and, in a sense, bumpy. There is the prosecution, there is the defence, there are various…
