SAJEI Annual Report V12

Enhancing Judicial Excellence

7. Workshop:

Judicial skills for Aspiring District Magistrates

Date:

13 May 2017

Content:

Introduction: maintenance application, enforcement, future maintenance; PATSAA enquiry and orders; domestic violence and harassment

Province:

Mpumalanga

Number of delegates: 22

8. Workshop:

Judicial skills for Aspiring District Magistrates

Date:

20 May 2017

Content:

Overview of critical concepts in the Children’s Court; Constitutional imperatives, national and international instruments and the standard of the child’s best interest: a Constitutional perspective; parental responsibilities and rights; overview of children in need of care and protection; monitoring, variation, extension and termination of orders

Province:

Mpumalanga

Number of delegates: 22

9. Workshop:

Judicial Skills for Aspiring District Magistrates

Date:

27 May 2017

Content:

Evictions; debt review application procedure; default judgments Rule 12, Section 57 and Section 58; prescription in terms of Section 126(B) of the NCA (2005); Administration Orders - Section 74 of MCA; summary judgment; costs; review of taxation

Province:

Mpumalanga

Number of delegates: 23 QUARTER 3

1. Workshop:

Judicial skills for Aspiring District Magistrates

Date:

25 November 2017

Content:

First appearance of accused and rights explanations; bail - Schedules 1,5 and 6 practical; plea procedures; sentencing options; social context and sentencing

Province:

Mpumalanga

Number of delegates: 12

2. Workshop:

Judicial skills for Aspiring District Magistrates

Date:

07 - 09 December 2017

Content:

Judicial responsibilities, Judicial ethics and integrity; Norms and Standards; bail applications; Criminal Court – pleas; Criminal Court – trial management; Domestic Violence and Protection from Harassment Act (2008); Maintenance Act (1998); Children’s Act (2005) - children in need of care and protection; default judgments; debt reviews and evictions

Province:

Northern Cape

Number of delegates: 11

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SAJEI I Annual Report I 2017/18