Table of Contents: Vol 19 • No 1 • April 2006
EDITOR
Hennie Mellet
hfmellet@telkomsa.net
Editorial committee
Willem van der Linde SC (chair)
Norman Arendse SC,
Alfred Cockrell, Susannah Cowen,
Sandhya Mahabeer,
Mahlape Sello,
Izak Smuts SC,
Frank Snyckers
Bar representatives
Bhisho: Vacant.
Cape: Anton Kruger.
Free State: Germa Wright.
Grahamstown: Izak Smuts SC.
Johannesburg: Craig Watt-Pringle SC.
KwaZulu-Natal: Wendy Bowler.
Northern Cape: Japie Schreuder.
North West: John Stander.
Port Elizabeth: Peter Kroon.
Pretoria: Henk Havenga.
Umtata: Mathobela Shisuba.
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Chair’s contribution
- Page 2: The Bar the Bench and judicial independence, Norman Arendse SC, Cape Bar, GCB chair
- Page 4: Our cover • Note on The Blue Dress contributed by Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs
GCB News
- Page 5: Conference on judicial independence by Brian Spilg SC, Johannesburg Bar. Chair of the GCB Human Rights Committee
- Page 8: Judicial independence – impending constitutional crisis by Brian Spilg SC, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 13: GCB Press statement: Legislation affecting the judiciary by NM Arendse SC, Cape Bar, GCB chair
- Page 14: NEPAD: role of lawyers in the African Renaissance by Norman Arendse SC, Cape Bar, GCB chair
- Page 17: The IBA and the rule of law by Izak Smuts SC, Grahamstown Bar
Bar news
- Page 19: Port Elizabeth contributed by Peter Kroon, Port Elizabeth Bar
- Page 19: My experience as a young black female at the Bar by Siphokazi Cubungu, Port Elizabeth Bar
- Page 19: Pretoria Bar bygedra deur Henk Havenga
- Page 20: Noord-Kaap bygedra deur Japie Schreuder
- Page 20: Vrystaat bygedra deur Germa Wright
- Page 21: Grahamstown contributed by Mark Euijen
- Page 21: KwaZulu-Natal: Sixteen days of activism for no violence by Narisha Bhagwandeen
- Page 24: North West: Advocacy training at Oxford. SJ Senatle, North West Bar
- Page 25: Cape: Imagine …
- Page 29: Overview of the Cape Bar’s pro bono initiative by Ashton Schippers SC, Cape Bar
- Page 30: ‘Viewed with favour’: Corbett gift to Cape Bar. Jeremy Gauntlett SC, Cape Bar
- Page 31: On chief justices and judicial accountability by Jeremy Gauntlett SC, Cape Bar
- Page 32: Impressions of the Bar by Sara Hilliard, Cape Bar
- Page 33: Briefing patterns by Roshnee Mansingh, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 34: Johannesburg: Advocacy training at Golden Gate by Nokukhanya Jele and Karabo Kgoroeadira. Pupil advocates at the Johannesburg Bar
- Page 36: A beat with the bobbies by Faizel Ismail, Johannesburg Bar
Letter to the editor
Names in the news
Forum
- Page 38: Reaching the pinnacle: principles, policies and people for a single apex court in South Africa. Carole Lewis, judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal
- Page 41: Integrating IT into legal practice: Part 5. Steve Kirk-Cohen SC, Cape Bar
- Page 44: Aspects of practice: jurisdiction and applications for leave to appeal. Hoosen Gani, Durban Bar
- Page 48: The fundamental principles of cross-examination in American trial practice: Part 1. Willem H Gravett, New York State Bar
From the publishers
- Page 50: LexisNexis Butterworths: Technology driven information for a changing market
- Page 51: Annual Survey of South African Law 2003 reviewed by Susan van Zyl, Cape Bar
- Page 51: Bill of Rights Handbook reviewed by Anthea Platt, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 52: BEE Service Empowermentor issue I reviewed by M Sello, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 52: Environmental Law in South Africa reviewed by Michelle Augustine, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 53: The Law of Succession in South Africa reviewed by JA Julyan SC, Durban Bar
- Page 53: The Conciliation and Arbitration Handbook reviewed by Andrew Redding SC, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 54: Principles of Delict reviewed by Frank Snyckers, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 54: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace reviewed by Susannah Cowen, Cape Bar
FLY
- Page 55: Fly on the wall