Francois Lion-Cachet

Francois Lion-Cachet

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Defamed in a day, only vindicated in years
The tension in South African defamation law: motion vs action proceedings
Jul 20 • Francois Lion-Cachet
Who is that man always at Joburg High Court?
Busted in the foyer
Jul 8 • Francois Lion-Cachet
Johannesburg is South Africa’s judicial capital, not Bloemfontein
They represent competing legal cultures, but one comes out on top
Jul 3 • Francois Lion-Cachet
On making ‘justice under a tree’ a justiciable norm
The imperative of taking our constitutional philosophy further
Jul 1 • Francois Lion-Cachet

June 2026

My Lord, My Lady, Your Worship: a case for a uniform address of 'Justice'
Why the High and Magistrates' courts should also adopt ‘Justice’ as honorific
Jun 19 • Francois Lion-Cachet
What about the elephants at Joburg Zoo?
The arguments on both sides of the Johannesburg Zoo elephant case
Jun 14 • Francois Lion-Cachet
Law is a performance. Who gets to appear?
Art, law, and the aesthetics of justice
Jun 6 • Francois Lion-Cachet

April 2026

The empty pavilion: what Goliath v McKenzie tells us about South Africa's neglected constitutional stage
At the event where global politics are performed, South Africa has gone quiet
Apr 20 • Francois Lion-Cachet
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