Quote of the week
An ‘important purpose of section 34 [of the Constitution] is to guarantee the protection of the judicial process to persons who have disputes that can be resolved by law’ and that the right of access to court is ‘foundational to the stability of an orderly society. It ensures the peaceful, regulated and institutionalised mechanisms to resolve disputes, without resorting to self-help. The right of access to court is a bulwark against vigilantism, and the chaos and anarchy which it causes. Construed in this context of the rule of law and the principle against self-help in particular, access to court is indeed of cardinal importance’.The right guaranteed s34 would be rendered meaningless if court orders could be ignored with impunity:the underlying purposes of the right — and particularly that of avoidance of self-help — would be undermined if litigants could decide which orders they wished to obey and which they wished to ignore.
Victoria Park Ratepayers' Association v Greyvenouw CC and others (511/03) [2003] ZAECHC 19 (11 April 2003)
Read Hope Scholarship for Law Students
READ HOPE PHILLIPS NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP – 2011
Read Hope Phillips Thomas & Cadman Inc., a corporate commercial law firm based in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, is offering a two year scholarship of up to R35 000 per year to one or more qualifying law student(s) at a university in South Africa.
The scholarship will be awarded to one or more black South African students for his/her penultimate year of undergraduate law studies, and, subject to satisfactory performance, conduct and attitude, his/her final year of law studies. Applicants must have a strong academic record, the necessary drive to succeed and the ambition to practise law in a commercial firm. Financial need may be taken into account. Read Hope Phillips is under no obligation to offer the scholarship to any applicant or in any year.
The following conditions apply:
- Applicants must have commenced or be commencing their penultimate year of study in 2011.
- Shortlisted applicants will be interviewed as part of the selection process.
- All subjects must be passed with a satisfactory mark, and studies completed in the prescribed period.
- Recipients may be invited and required to attend the annual Read Hope Phillips vacation programme, and may be required to accept articles of clerkship with Read Hope Phillips, if offered.
- Recipents will be expected to meet with Read Hope Phillips from time to time and regular progress reports will be forwarded to Read Hope Phillips by their university.
- Payments will be made to and disbursed by their university against invoices for tuition and/or residence.
Further information about Read Hope Phillips is available on the website www.rhp.co.za.
UCT applications should be submitted to the Scholarships Committee, care of the Law Faculty Office Room 4.48 Kramer Building on or before Friday 4 March 2011, and MUST include the following:
1. The name of the scholarship for which you are applying
2. Letter of motivation
3. Curriculum vitae
4. Certified copy of matric and university results
5. Certified copy of identity document
6. Two letters of reference
7. Contact telephone number(s)
Applicants are required to sign a form authorizing their
university to make their marks available Read Hope Phillips.
(Incomplete applications will not be considered)
