LEGAL sources agree the likely candidates for appointment to the Supreme Court of Appeal are KwaZulu-Natal Judge Kevin Swain and Western Cape judges Nathan Erasmus and Dumisani Zondi.But views differ on whether they are the best candidates.Of all the courts for which the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) will be interviewing this week, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has the highest status. While it is no longer the highest appellate court in nonconstitutional matters (following a constitutional amendment that came into force last year), in practice it is likely to remain the last stop for many litigants.There are three vacancies and seven candidates: Gauteng High Court judges Boissie Mbha, Brian Spilg and Pieter Meyer, Judge Erasmus, Judge Zondi, Judge Swain and Free State High Court Judge Christiaan van der Merwe.Usually there is widespread agreement in the legal community on the best candidates.But this time, only Judge Swain, appointed a judge in 2003, is apparently universall...
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