Table of Contents: Vol 14 • No 1 • April 2001

EDITOR
HF Mellet
Redaksiekomitee
Redaksiekomitee
HJ Fabricius SC
JJ Gauntlett sc
CB Mann
P Pauw SC
Administratiewe assistent
Venessa Krugel
Bar representatives
Bisho: TV Norman
Cape: P Weyer
Durban: S Walker
Free State: GJM Wright
Grahamstown: I Smuts SC
Johannesburg: RS Selvan SC
WHG van der Linde SC
Northern Cape: J Schreuder
North West: J Stander
Pietermaritzburg: YN Moodley SC
Port Elizabeth: PWA Scott
Pretoria: HS Havenga
Umtata: MH Sishuba
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- Page 2: Independent advocates: the SCA rules. Contributed by Halima Saldulker, honorary
secretary, GCB - Page 2: About change…
The chairman’s contribution
Letters to the editor
GCB News
- Page 5: The Bar at the brink by Jeremy Gauntlett SC. Chairman of the GCB
- Page 6: It is in the public interest. Dr Penuell Maduna, Minister for Justice and Constitutional
Development - Page 7: Heads of court meeting by Jeremy Gauntlett SC. Chairman of the GCB
- Page 7: Legal practice bill
- Page 7: Indaba between the GCB, AFT and LSSA regarding the Legal Practice Bill
- Page 8: GCB’s proposed principles for a Legal Practice Act
- Page 9: Legal Practice Bill and the Bar by Cheryl Loots. Legal Adviser of the Policy Unit of the
Department of Justice and Constitutional Development - Page 10: The GCB replies by Jeremy Gauntlett SC, Chairman GCB
- Page 11: Advocacy training by Sharise Weiner SC, Johannesburg Bar. Convenor of the Advocacy
Training Committee - Page 13: Resignation of Zimbabwe’s Chief Justice
- Page 42: Confusion: working off Third Draft Bill by Jeremy Gauntlett SC, Chairman GCB
- Page 43: Competition Commission
- Page 43: Feeling ill. Response by Jeremy Gauntlett SC, Chairman GC
- Page 44: Enter the UN and the IBA by by Dato’ Param Cumaraswamy, UN Special Rapporteur
- Page 44: International Bar Association by Dianna Kempe QC, president of the IBA, to the Minister of
Justice
Bar news
- Page 14: Transkei contributed by Mathobela Sishuba, Umtata Bar
- Page 14: North–West contributed by John Stander, North–West Bar
- Page 14: Pretoria bygedra deur Henk Havenga, Pretoria Balie
- Page 16: Noord–Kaap bygedra deur Japie Schreuder, Noord–Kaap Balie
- Page 16: Port Elizabeth contributed by Patrick Scott, Port Elizabeth
- Page 16: Johannesburg contributed by Pieter Pauw SC, Johannesburg
- Page 17: Vrystaat bygedra deur Germa Wright, Vrystaatse Balie
- Page 18: Cape contributed by Patsi Weyer, Cape Bar
- Page 25: Cape – Traverso ARP bygedra deur Theoniel Potgieter, Kaapse Balie
Names in the News
- Page 19: Taking of silk
- Page 21: New Judges
Forum
- Page 23: The harsh realities of the regional court bench by Liesl Fichardt, Cape Bar
- Page 24: The future of law faculties by Eduard Fagan, Cape Bar
- Page 26: A tax primer for the uninitiated by David Meyerowitz SC, Cape Bar
- Page 27: Plain English – the new Civil Procedure Rules (CPR)
- Page 28: The Internet and legal research by Jerome Wilson and Suma Barua, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 31: Change v certainty: precedent under the Constitution by Kate O’Regan, Judge of the
Constitutional Court - Page 34: The appointment of judges in England by HJ Fabricius SC, Pretoria Bar
Aspects of practice • Praktyksbrokkies
Reviews
- Page 39: Judiciary in Zimbabwe
From the publishers
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- Page 40: Saner, John, Editor: Agreements in restraint of trade in South African law Issue 1, October
1999 reviewed by Patrick Scott, Port Elizabeth Bar - Page 40: Ngalwana, Vuyani: Pension dispute resolution prodecure: an easy guide reviewed by
Martin Glover, Grahamstown Bar - Page 40: Glazewski Jan and Graham Bradfield, Editors: Environmental justice reviewed by Martin
Glover, Grahamstown Bar - Page 40: Bill of rights Compendium Service Issue 5 reviewed by FA Snyckers, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 40: Saner, John, Editor: Agreements in restraint of trade in South African law Issue 1, October