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dc.date.accessioned 2017-04-08T17:00:48Z
dc.date.available 2017-04-08T17:00:48Z
dc.date.created 2003-11-25 en
dc.identifier.citation [2002] ZACC 17
dc.identifier.citation 2002 (5) SA 392 (CC)
dc.identifier.citation 2002 (10) BCLR 1092 (CC)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/2130
dc.title Van der Spuy v General Council of the Bar of South Africa en
dc.title.alternative CCT48/01 en
dc.identifier.casenumber CCT48/01 en
dc.date.hearing 16 May 2002
dc.contributor.judge Langa DCJ
dc.date.judgment 18 July 2002
dc.link.judgment http://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.12144/2130/Full%20judgment%20Official%20version%2018%20July%202002.pdf?sequence=25&isAllowed=y
dc.concourt.synopsis Application for direct access to challenge the constitutionality of the referral rule which compels advocates to accept work only from attorneys. Langa DCJ wrote for a unanimous Court refusing application for direct access. The Court found that there was no appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal and that this issue was being addressed by the Legal Practice Bill and therefore was not in the interests of justice to hear the case.
dc.concourt.casehistory Application for direct access to Constitutional Court to challenge the constitutionality of the referral rule applicable to the advocates' profession. High Court found applicant had breached the referral rule in General Council of the Bar v Van der Spuy 1999(1) SA 577 (T).


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