LETTER: The problem with our regional courts
Prosecutors often lack the confidence to take on high-powered defence lawyers
A major problem at our regional courts is that prosecutors and magistrates have often not done articles or passed the attorneys admission exam, so they sometimes do not have the confidence to argue with high-powered defence lawyers like the top advocate who was recently instrumental in securing the acquittal of four men charged with extorting money from a Cape Town Waterfront restaurant.
Someone practising law in the private sector usually spends five years at university getting a three-year undergraduate degree as well as a two-year LLB, and works for two years as an articled clerk before writing the attorneys admission exam, which has an extremely high failure rate...
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