University of Cape Town v Cape Bar Council (100/86)
University of Cape Town v Cape Bar Council (100/86) [1986] ZASCA 86; [1986] 2 ALL SA 619 (A) (4 September 1986)
The Supreme Court of Appeal held that section 3(2)(a) of the Admission of Advocates Act No. 74 of 1964 requires that the language courses prescribed or recognised by a university for the bachelor of laws degree must be true university courses, i.e., post-matriculation courses. The Afrikaans Intensive and Latin Intensive courses offered by the University of Cape Town are preliminary courses designed to prepare students for Afrikaans I and Latin I, respectively, and are not of a higher standard than matriculation courses. The court found that accepting such courses as qualifying for the degree…
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- Admission Of Advocates
- Statutory Interpretation
- University Degree Requirements