Cosatu welcomes the Supreme Court of Appeal ruling
Mluleki Mrwebi
26 September 2013
The Congress of
South African Trade Unions has welcomed the judgement of the Supreme Court of
Appeal in the case of CCMA v Law
Society of the Northern Provinces.
The SCA upheld an
appeal by the CCMA against a judgement of the North Gauteng High Court, which
had ruled as unconstitutional the CCMA’s exclusion of lawyers from its
proceedings, under its Sub-Rule 25.
Cosatu Spokesperson
Patrick Craven said this judgement would have forced the CCMA to allow lawyers
to appear in misconduct and incapacity dispute hearings, from which they are
currently excluded.
Craven said COSATU
agrees, and strongly urges the lawyers to accept this ruling and not appeal to
the Constitutional Court
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