The lawyer acting for ailing right-winger Clive Derby-Lewis is heading to the High Court in Pretoria for a review of Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha's refusal to grant him medical parole, says a Pretoria News report. "Our application is in the process of being filed, but we want the judge president to give us directives as to time-frames the various parties must have to file their opposing and replying affidavits. He must then appoint a judge to our case." Julian Knight, who successfully managed to secure parole for Eugene de Kock this year, estimated that the review application would be heard next month.
Knight said while the matter was urgent, the practice directives called for the judge president to decide on the way forward, as the application was bulky and consisted of thousands of pages. These included the various medical reports on Derby-Lewis's condition, as well as documents regarding the previous applications for parole and medical parole.
[link url="http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/bid-to-review-derby-lewis-ruling-1.1826877#.VPgTA3yUfE0"]Full Pretoria News report[/link]