The constitutional court has had the opportunity to pronounce on the right of access to courts on several occasions. In the recent past, several cases have dealt with the constitutionality of time-bar provisions which prevent the institution of an action upon failure to perform a particular action within a set period of time (see, for instance, Brümmer v Minister of Social Development 2009 6 SA 323 (CC) and Engelbrecht v Road Accident Fund 2007 6 SA 96 (CC))
