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Key v Attorney-General, Cape Provincial Division, and Another

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JurisdictionSouth Africa
JudgeChaskalson P, Mahomed DP, Ackermann J, Didcott J, Kriegler J, Langa J, Madala J, Mokgoro J, O'Regan J, Sachs J and Trengove AJ
Judgment Date15 May 1996
Citation1996 (4) SA 187 (CC)
Docket NumberCCT 21/94
Hearing Date23 May 1995
CounselS F Burger SC (with him D M Davis) for the applicant. J J Gauntlett SC (with him J C Heunis) for the respondents.
CourtConstitutional Court
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195 practice notes
  • S v Thebus and Another
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...Jenkins v Anderson 447 US 231: referred to Key v Attorney-General, Cape Provincial Division, and Another 1996 (2) SACR 113 (CC) (1996 (4) SA 187; I 1996 (6) BCLR 788): referred to Magmoed v Janse van Rensburg and Others 1993 (1) SACR 67 (A) (1993 (1) SA 777): applied Murray v United Kingdom......
  • Thint (Pty) Ltd v National Director of Public Prosecutions and Others; Zuma v National Director of Public Prosecutions and Others
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...and Others 1995 (2) SA 433 (SE): referred to I Key v Attorney-General, Cape Provincial Division, and Another 1996 (2) SACR 113 (CC) (1996 (4) SA 187; 1996 (6) BCLR 788): referred to Le Roux v Direkteur-Generaal van Handel en Nywerheid 1997 (4) SA 174 (T) (1997 (8) BCLR 1048; [1997] 2 All SA......
  • S v Basson
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...(1) SA 545; 2000 (10) BCLR 1079): referred toKey v Attorney-General, Cape Provincial Division, and Another 1996 (2)SACR 113 (CC) (1996 (4) SA 187; 1996 (6) BCLR 788): referred toKnox D’Arcy Ltd and Others v Jamieson and Others 1996 (4) SA 348 (A)([1996] 3 All SA 669): referred toMabaso v La......
  • S v Dlamini; S v Dladla and Others; S v Joubert; S v Schietekat
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...v Roth; Hunt v Murphy 648 F 2d 1148 (8th Circuit, 1981): referred to Key v Attorney-General, Cape Provincial Division, and Another 1996 ( 4) SA 187 (CC) (1996 (2) SACR 113; 1996 (6) BCLR 788): followed Luitingh v Minister of Defence 1996 (2) SA 909 (CC) (1996 (4) BCLR 581): referred to Magm......
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192 cases
  • S v Thebus and Another
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...Jenkins v Anderson 447 US 231: referred to Key v Attorney-General, Cape Provincial Division, and Another 1996 (2) SACR 113 (CC) (1996 (4) SA 187; I 1996 (6) BCLR 788): referred to Magmoed v Janse van Rensburg and Others 1993 (1) SACR 67 (A) (1993 (1) SA 777): applied Murray v United Kingdom......
  • Thint (Pty) Ltd v National Director of Public Prosecutions and Others; Zuma v National Director of Public Prosecutions and Others
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...and Others 1995 (2) SA 433 (SE): referred to I Key v Attorney-General, Cape Provincial Division, and Another 1996 (2) SACR 113 (CC) (1996 (4) SA 187; 1996 (6) BCLR 788): referred to Le Roux v Direkteur-Generaal van Handel en Nywerheid 1997 (4) SA 174 (T) (1997 (8) BCLR 1048; [1997] 2 All SA......
  • S v Basson
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...(1) SA 545; 2000 (10) BCLR 1079): referred toKey v Attorney-General, Cape Provincial Division, and Another 1996 (2)SACR 113 (CC) (1996 (4) SA 187; 1996 (6) BCLR 788): referred toKnox D’Arcy Ltd and Others v Jamieson and Others 1996 (4) SA 348 (A)([1996] 3 All SA 669): referred toMabaso v La......
  • S v Dlamini; S v Dladla and Others; S v Joubert; S v Schietekat
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...v Roth; Hunt v Murphy 648 F 2d 1148 (8th Circuit, 1981): referred to Key v Attorney-General, Cape Provincial Division, and Another 1996 ( 4) SA 187 (CC) (1996 (2) SACR 113; 1996 (6) BCLR 788): followed Luitingh v Minister of Defence 1996 (2) SA 909 (CC) (1996 (4) BCLR 581): referred to Magm......
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3 books & journal articles
  • Recent Case: Criminal procedure
    • South Africa
    • Juta South African Criminal Law Journal No. , May 2019
    • 24 May 2019
    ...then considered whether the advent of the Constitution altered this position. Citing from the dicta of Key v Attorney General, CPD 1996 (4) SA 187 (CC) (where it was held that decisions on the admissibility of unconstitutionally obtained evidence cannot be taken on appeal prior to conclusio......
  • Electronic evidence in criminal cases
    • South Africa
    • Juta South African Criminal Law Journal No. , August 2019
    • 16 August 2019
    ...for the register and does not envisage a general exemption from cross-examination.83 Key v Attorney-General, Cape Provincial Division 1996 (4) SA 187 (CC) at 196 para 13. Admitting such evidence will not exempt the one who collected it from the possibility of civil or criminal action.84 Con......
  • Recent Case: Law of evidence
    • South Africa
    • Juta South African Criminal Law Journal No. , July 2021
    • 6 July 2021
    ...courts said in the ca ses of SvTandwa (2008 (1) SACR 613 (SCA) at para [117]), and Key v Attorney-General, Cape Provincial Division (1996 (4) SA 187 (CC) at para [13]).As regards the rst leg of s 35(5) of the Constitution – whether t he admission of the evidence would render the trial un......

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