It's unreasonable to blame cops for Kawa's harm - dissenting justices

While the majority of the Constitutional Court bench had ruled in favour of Andy Kawa’s lawsuit against the police, some justices dissented as they did not believe that a legal duty had been established on the part of the police to prevent the harm she suffered

06 April 2022 - 07:44
By Siviwe Feketha

Penning the minority ruling, acting justice Dhaya Pillay pointed out that wrongfulness could not be established due to the omissions by the police.

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