John Hlophe has big tobacco firms fuming over decision to postpone hearing

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Western Cape judge president John Hlophe has been dragged into the legal challenge against the ban on cigarette sales brought by tobacco giant British American Tobacco SA (Batsa) and nine others.

The applicants later found out that the state attorney had written to Hlophe without consulting them, agreeing that the case be delayed on the basis that the litigants had included"substantial new matters" in their responding affidavits, including testimony from two experts.

He said they had thought about transferring the application to the high court in Pretoria on an urgent basis, but the state attorney's office did not agree.yesterday:"What prompted the judge president, when he had said we could agree on a date, to suddenly shift the date to August 4? Hlophe has been dogged by controversy over the past 15 years, with numerous complaints of gross misconduct being lodged against him at the Judicial Service Commission.

 

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