Table of Contents: Vol 18 • No 1 • April 2005
EDITOR
Hennie Mellet
hfmellet@telkomsa.net
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Editorial committee
WHG van der Linde SC (chair),
N Arendse SC
A Cockrell,
A Gabriel
IJ Smuts SC
FA Snyckers
Bar representatives
Bhisho: TV Norman
Cape: A Sholto-Douglas SC
Free State: GJM Wright
Grahamstown: I Smuts SC
Johannesburg: C Watt-Pringle SC
KwaZulu-Natal: W Bowler
Northern Cape: J Schreuder
North West: J Stander
Port Elizabeth: P Kroon
Pretoria: HS Havenga
Umtata: MH Shisuba
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Chair’s contribution
- Page 2: The GCB and the LSSA: Matters of mutual interest by Norman Arendse SC, chair of the General Council of the Bar of South Africa
- Page 4: LSSA response to ‘Challenges facing the Bar’
GCB News
- Page 6: 2004 Kentridge Award: tribute to George Bizos SC by Norman Arendse SC
- Page 10: My path in the pursuit of justice by George Bizos SC
- Page 13: NZ Herald report on George Bizos
- Page 13: Impact of GATS on provision of foreign legal services
- Page 14: Tribute to lawyers involved in the Metrorail case, GCB press release by Norman Arendse SC, chair of the General Council of the Bar of South Africa
- Page 16: Programme of the Human Rights Committee for 2005 by Brian Spilg SC, chair of the GCB Human Rights Committee
- Page 17: IBA: Human Rights Institute
- Page 17: Press release on the Zimbabwe situation by Brian Spilg SC
- Page 18: Crusaders for the rule of law by Sharise Weiner SC
- Page 19: One-year pupillage a huge success by AJ Dickson SC, KwaZulu-Natal Bar
- Page 20: Report on the IBA general annual meeting by Jannie Eksteen SC, deputy chair of the GCB
- Page 21: The judiciary: a balanced approach by Mark Ellis, executive director of the IBA
- Page 22: A threat to the judiciary, or much ado about nothing? by Norman Arendse SC
- Page 24: Racism in the legal fraternity, Joint press release by the Cape Bar and the General Council of the Bar
Names in the news
- Page 26: Names in the news
Bar news
- Page 27: Transkei
- Page 27: Vrystaat bygedra deur Germa Wright
- Page 27: Grahamstown contributed by Izak Smuts SC
- Page 27: Cape contributed by Alasdair Sholto-Douglas SC and Mark Greig
- Page 28: Johannesburg contributed by Craig Watt-Pringle SC
- Page 28: Johannesburg: The Duma Nokwe Group by Seena Yacoob
- Page 29: Port Elizabeth contributed by Peter Kroon, Port Elizabeth Bar
- Page 30: Port Elizabeth: My experience at Gray’s Inn by Marlini Moodley
- Page 30: Pretoria contributed by Henk Havenga
- Page 31: Pretoria: New Practitioners’ Course by Cerita Joubert
- Page 32: Noord-Kaap bygedra deur Japie Schreuder
- Page 32: KwaZulu-Natal contributed by Wendalynn Bowler
Forum
- Page 33: Our bursting prisons by JJ Pagan, Inspecting Judge of Prisons
- Page 36: Human rights, prisoners and the courts: quo vadis? by Julia Sloth Nielsen, University
of the Western Cape - Page 39: Judicial abuse – privilege or bullying? by Graham Lopes SC, Durban Bar
- Page 41: Integrating IT into legal practice: part 3 by Steve Kirk–Cohen, Cape Bar
Letters to the editor
- Page 44: Verhoudinge met Regshulpraad versleg deur Germa Wright, Bloemfontein
- Page 44: Reservation of judgment by CF Eloff, Pretoria
From the publishers
- Page 46: Commentary on the Companies’ Act By MS Blackman, RD Jooste and GK Everingham
reviewed by Pat Ellis SC, Pretoria Bar - Page 46: Introduction to the Law of South Africa By CG van der Merwe and Jacques du Plessis (eds)
reviewed by JC Butler, Cape Bar - Page 47: Gibson: South African Mercantile and Company Law reviewed by IJ Smuts SC,
Grahamstown Bar
Fly on the wall
- Page 48: Fly on the wall