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Litigants cannot deliver PAIA applications after summons is issued

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The Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 gives effect to the constitutional right of access to information.  The Act does not apply to documents (including medical records) sought after the commencement of proceedings, which the other party should be requested to discover in terms of the relevant rules of court.  Put simply (as the Supreme Court of Appeal did in Unitas Hospital v Van Wyk and Another 2006 (4) SA 436 (SCA)) “once court pro…
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Litigants cannot deliver PAIA applications after summons is issued

The Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 gives effect to the constitutional right of access to information.  The Act does not apply to documents (including medical records) sought after the commencement of proceedings, which the other party should be requested to discover in terms of the relevant rules of court.  Put simply (as the Supreme Court of Appeal did in Unitas Hospital v Van Wyk and Another 2006 (4) SA 436 (SCA)) “once court pro…

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