{"id":2435,"date":"2023-06-27T06:59:51","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T06:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomunderlaw.org\/?post_type=case&#038;p=2435"},"modified":"2023-06-27T09:11:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T09:11:24","slug":"freedom-under-law-v-motata-2","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomunderlaw.org\/case\/freedom-under-law-v-motata-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom Under Law V Motata"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2435\" class=\"elementor elementor-2435\" data-elementor-post-type=\"case\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e8e7759 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e8e7759\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51a86ede\" data-id=\"51a86ede\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74330e34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74330e34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 28-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On 22 June, the Supreme Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Freedom Under Law v JSC. The judgment is important for correcting a longstanding and serious failure by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) in exercising its function to deal with complaints against judges.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>and then for the link to the SCA judgment, please see: Freedom Under Law v Judicial Service Commission and Another (550\/2022) [2023] ZASCA 103 (22 June 2023)<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d429797 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d429797\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/www.saflii.org\/za\/cases\/ZASCA\/2023\/103.html#:~:text=FUL%20contended%20that%20Judge%20Motata&#039;s,and%20accordingly%20unconstitutional%20and%20invalid.\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">READ MORE<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCA judgment -22 June<br \/>\nOn 22 June, the Supreme Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Freedom Under Law v JSC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2436,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - 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