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AI summary
The Western Cape High Court considered an application by a former police detective who sought to register a practical vocational training contract with the Legal Practice Council. The Court dismissed an amendment application, a discovery application, and the main application, and held that the Council's decision to hold the application in abeyance pending consent to a criminal check was lawful, rational, and procedurally fair.
This may be relevant to admission and vocational training matters involving the Legal Practice Council and review of administrative decisions about registration.
Evidence from source
The Council wrote to the applicant to inform him that his application to register the PVT contract would be held in abeyance pending his consent to the criminal check.
Supports: Summary sentence about the abeyance decision and the request for consent to a criminal check.