Western Cape top cop André Lincoln granted leave to appeal
31 October 2017
Cape Town – Police cluster commander for the Winelands district, Major General André Lincoln, was on Tuesday granted leave to appeal the Western Cape High Court's dismissal of his damages claim against the police minister.
"This is a victory for us," Lincoln said after Judge Judith Cloete granted him leave to take his case to the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA).
After a fairly stern grilling of Lincoln's counsel, Paul Nortje and Anton Krige, Cloete said that in the context of the history of the long-running case, they were granted leave to appeal to a full bench of the SCA.
Nortje and Krige appeared astounded.