Read the full judgment text of CACV 000341/2004 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 21 July 2005.
1. This appeal (of the Respondent) raises the question whether, in relation to a summary offence, an accused person (“the defendant”) can appear in the Magistrates’ Court only by counsel and not personally, and if there is such an entitlement, the limits to this.