Slight improvement in backlog at Western Cape High Court
14 December 2018
The backlog of late judgments in the Western Cape High Court has slightly improved since our last update, though 16 cases have been awaiting judgment for six months or more.
According to the judicial norms established by government notice in 2014, judges are advised to hand down judgments "no later than three months after the last hearing".
GroundUp has been using a more lenient six month benchmark to assess the number of late judgments.
In September, we reported that of the 107 reserved judgments at the Western Cape High Court, 18 were at least six months old. This was based on a list of reserved judgments dated August 30. The list is updated approximately monthly by the court.