Litigation

In realizing our mission of assisting people to be able to realize their human rights in general and their socio economic rights in particular, our litigation unit which operates as a law clinic and is thus governed by the rules of the law society, specializes in litigating on access to information requests that have been denied by either public or private bodies. Our services to our clients are pro bono; hence, we represent individuals and communities who cannot afford the expense of litigation.

We also engage in test case litigation which is primarily aimed at the elaboration of PAIA procedures.  We have recorded significant successes in recent times in the area of strategic litigation. These includes the nullification of S 78(2) of PAIA by the Constitutional Court for its unconstitutionality in terms of the period for appeal to a court and the first usage of S 80 of PAIA by any requester of information to place disputed documents for disclosure in the custody of a Court.