TOP judges are battling each other over a Supreme Court of Appeal’s majority decision upholding a Land Claims Court decision that the massive land claim at Salem is valid.
The SCA decision has been as furiously charged and contested as the history behind the claim.
In a four-to-one majority judgment, the SCA dismissed an appeal against the 2014 finding by the Land Claims Court (LCC) that some 152 claimants had a valid land claim over the 6 594 hectares of valuable farmland largely run by white-owned agricultural and game enterprises.
The land includes the Salem Church, a community hall and the Salem cricket grounds, established in 1844.
For the full story get a copy of the Dispatch or subscribe to our e-Edition for the complete newspaper with jobs, classifieds, crosswords, TV schedules and back editions.