This blog was co-authored by Neshalia Nayagar and Eric Geldenhuys, Candidate Attorneys.

Legal professional privilege attaches to communications between a client and their attorney.  Where the privilege applies, documents are shielded from disclosure to other parties or in the public domain. 

In Ibex v Tiso Blackstar & Others the Supreme Court of Appeal, in its

South Africa’s constitutional era ushered in a fundamental change in the legislative powers vested in the three spheres of government, namely national, provincial and local or municipal level.  Under the Constitution, each sphere has the power to legislate its functional areas in accordance with the scheme imposed by the relevant provisions of the Constitution.

In

As a general rule, court proceedings and the related documents are open to the public.  There is an important reason for that: justice must not only be done, it must be seen to be done.  But what if that would lead to the disclosure of valuable and confidential commercial information to the opposing party or