Candidate for one of two vacancies in the Constitutional Court, judge David Unterhalter, was grilled by the JSC on Tuesday for failing to recuse himself from a matter he had sat on in another court.
CAPE TOWN - A candidate for one of two vacancies in the Constitutional Court, judge David Unterhalter, was grilled by the Judicial Service Commission on Tuesday for failing to recuse himself from a matter he had sat on in another court.
There was a 30-minute adjournment for Unterhalter to check his emails to be able to answer the questions from commissioner Mvuzo Notyesi. Unterhalter told the JSC he was part of a decision by a quorum of Constitutional Court judges and that his presence did not change the outcome.
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