other14 August 2026E000335
Carrim fails to appear before the Commission contrary to a ruling
Mr Carrim did not appear on 14 August 2026 despite a ruling that he must. Evidence leader Adv Baloyi SC placed on the record that there was no basis to treat him as properly excused, no satisfactory explanation for the non-appearance, and that the condition prescribed as the basis for excusing him had not been complied with. Counsel for Mr Carrim (Mr Premhid) put the contrary position that his client was cooperating and was not running away from accountability.
42 claims from testimony
"that gives you the state of Mr Carrim"
"Mr Carrim is required to appear and to testify today"
"he may only do so if he is excused on the basis of an independent medical assessment"
"the ruling required that if there is no agreement on the proposal from the Evidence Leaders' side by the 3rd of August, that then the President or the Chair of the professional association should nominate an independent specialist"
"by the 3rd of August"
"This was communicated to Mr Carrim's attorneys on the 6th of August"
"The report essentially is an opinion by the same treating doctor as to why Mr Carrim could not consent to an independent medical evaluation"
"it says nothing about the outings that we referred to in the postponement application, the daily outings by Mr Carrim"
"the evidence that is already before the Commission in the previous hearing at which Mr Carrim was present"
"The witness has not been able to make himself present to address any of that"
"the Commission, through its ruling, has given Mr Carrim a fair and objective route to establish medical unavailability"
"He chose not to opt for that route"
"The ruling is clear that the witness may only be excused on the basis of an independent report"
"the Commissioners had itself identified that the status of Mr Carrim would be known or not known"
"the report in the ruling was to have been a different report"
"what that report would have done is it would have clarified Mr Carrim's status to participate in the Commission"
"he would either be excused as a consequence of that report delivered on the 12 t h"
"The first one comes from paginated page 220 under the heading, “The Ruling and Attempts to Obtain Mr Carrim's Decision”"
"the Commission has said it wants to have him assessed by an independent specialist"
"It is not an assessment of this, of Mr Carrim's specialists"
"we do not consider Mr Carrim's doctor to be an objective expert"
"He is an expert that is closely associated with Mr Carrim"
"appears to us to be pushing Mr Carrim's story"
"so very close to, if not analogous to, what courts have referred to as a hired gun"
"a medical specialist who has been treating Mr Carrim for this lengthy period"
"this is a doctor who has so aligned himself with Mr Carrim"
"the Commission wants to be sure that there is not a basis for not accepting what Mr Carrim's doctor says"
"the doctor appears even on factual issues to have so associated with Mr Carrim's case"
"doing whatever he can to cooperate with the Commission"
"any suggestion that my client is just running away from accountability"
"Mr Carrim's doctor's evidence which relies on his objectivity is in dispute"
"that is the basis through which it can be impugned as a less intrusive means without taking us into a vires problem"
"Mr Carrim's own attorney said let us do it this way so that you can get the degree of satisfaction that you require"
"Mr Carrim has not appeared contrary to a ruling that he must appear today"
"a ruling that he must appear today"
"he would be excused if we get an independent medical report that says he is not good to testify"
"there is no, there is no basis for us to say he is properly excused not to be here"
"there is no satisfactory explanation, therefore, for his non - appearance"
"that which was prescribed as a basis to excuse him has not been complied with"
"the Commission will lay criminal charges against Mr Carrim"
"I would be very surprised if he were to do that"
"which will be served by our spokesperson, Mr Jeremy Michaels"