Western Cape High Court docket inform Owen Rogers is SA’s most fresh Constitutional Court docket inform.
Rogers became chosen from a shortlist of four sent to President Cyril Ramaphosa in April. The opposite three hold been Supreme Court docket of Appeal justice Mahube Molemela, Gauteng High Court docket inform Fayeeza Kathree-Setiloane and senior counsel Alan Dodson.
After quite so a lot of acting stints at the Supreme Court docket of Appeal (SCA) from 2017 to 2021, Rogers acted at the Constitutional Court docket in 2021 and became a part of the bench that advised the nation by intention of the litigation-fraught 2021 native authorities elections, penning the majority willpower that rejected the IEC’s utility to put off the elections.
With Rogers’ appointment, the Constitutional Court docket is one other step forward in reaching its corpulent complement of 11 justices after a chronic duration of vacancies.
Justices Jody Kollapen and Rammaka Mathopo’s appointments hold been announced in December after the JSC’s October interviews and SCA president Mandisa Maya is expected to affix the apex court after her interview for deputy chief justice on June 20.
Will hold to serene Maya bring together the nod as expected, the apex court will seemingly be perfect be one inform wanting a corpulent 11.
Rogers became appointed to the Western Cape High Court docket in 2013 and sooner than that became a extremely regarded senior counsel at the Cape Bar. He is neatly-known for the breadth of his reliable recordsdata, with journey in many areas alongside with competitors regulations (he has been a inform of the Opponents Appeal Court docket since 2016), tax regulations and pension funds regulations.
An announcement from the presidency on Wednesday stated Rogers became a “extremely experienced inform” who had “been on the bench for the previous nine years after a long time in reliable non-public discover”.
“The appointment follows the president’s consultation with the executive justice and leaders of political parties represented within the National Meeting, the interviews performed by the Judicial Carrier Rate and their recommendation of four names for the president to hold in suggestions,” stated the presidency.
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