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Fatigued judges battle to keep up with workload

assignments moratorium

ONE of the country’s senior judicial officers has warned that judges are chronically fatigued due to their enormous workload and demanded that this be addressed.

Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg, Deputy Judge President Roland Sutherland issued the warning three weeks ago.

Judge Sutherland issued the notice to his colleagues, several state functionaries, legal practitioners and organisations representing them as well as regulatory bodies when he placed a moratorium on case management assignments

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