Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent

Franny Rabkin is the Sunday Times legal correspondent. She has clerked at the Constitutional Court, practiced as an attorney and has been a legal journalist for more than 15 years.

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
EFF's Phala Phala case politically motivated, says Ramaphosa's counsel

There was nothing irrational in the National Assembly's decision not to hold an impeachment inquiry, argue the president's lawyers in the ConCourt

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
Casac misconduct complaint against Mpofu languishes at the LPC

While LPC rejects video footage as ‘hearsay’, Mpofu says ‘bring it on’.

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
‘We must all be part of the fight against corruption’: The fearlessness of ...

Chief justice Raymond Zondo was not Mogoeng Mogoeng’s first choice to chair the state capture commission. Mogoeng had sought to persuade several ...

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
Being an MP is one thing but sending Hlophe to the JSC quite another, say the ...

No person can sit on the JSC if their membership compromises the JSC’s ability to promote the legitimacy of the judiciary, says Helen Zille in court ...

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
Hlophe and Zuma defend decision to send former judge president to JSC

Court challenges to his designation to the Judicial Service Commission were “hopelessly unmeritorious”, said John Hlophe in court papers filed in ...

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
Judge lambastes Legal Practice Council

The regulator of the legal profession says it disagrees with criticism by a high court judge.

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
MK Party and IEC continue to wrangle over withdrawal of vote-rigging case

The commission wants the party to agree to an order that it won’t come back with a similar case ‘without the leave of the court on good cause shown’

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
State attorney’s office sued for unpaid fees

“The problem is affecting a large number of our members … This situation cannot continue,” says chair of the Johannesburg Bar Greta Engelbrecht SC.

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
The ‘true reason’ MPs voted against Phala Phala was to protect the president, ...

ANC has ‘crossed the line’ between political discipline and constitutional obligation, says the EFF in court papers

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
Why the queue for Constitutional Court candidates is so short

JSC interview fatigue might be a factor after a series of inexplicable snubs for apparently highly qualified candidates