Table of Contents: Vol 30 • No 1 • April 2017

EDITOR
Philip van der Merwe
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Editorial committee
Frank Snyckers SC (chair)
Johan Brand SC
Mark Euijen SC
Marilena Maddidson
Sandhya Mahabeer
Jean Meiring
Mahlape Sello
Lwandile Sisilana
Jeremy Muller SC
(ex officio – GCB chair
BAR REPRESENTATIVES
Cape: Luke Kelly
Free State: Jason Johnson
Grahamstown: Thomas Miller
Johannesburg: Clayton Vetter
KwaZulu-Natal: Laurence Broster SC, Sarah Linscott, Kerusha Pillay
Namibia: Esi Chase
Northern Cape: Albert Eillert
North West: John Stander
Polokwane: Nathi Gaisa
Port Elizabeth: Steve Rorke SC, Anusha Rawjee
Pretoria: John Holland-Müter
Mthatha: Vusi Msiwa
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Editorial
Index
- Page 2 In this issue
Chair’s contribution
GCB & National News
- Page 10 Media statement: On complaints for the striking off of the NDPP
- Page 10 Media release: On Judicial Conduct Committee’s ruling on Judge Mabel Jansen
- Page 11 The 2016 Sydney and Felicia Kentridge Award for Service to Law in Southern Africa
12 Bar News
- Page 12 Bloemfontein Bar and Eastern Cape: Grahamstown Bar
- Page 13 Eastern Cape: Port Elizabeth Bar
- Page 16 Johannesburg Bar
- Page 18 KZN Bar
- Page 20 North West Bar and Mpumalanga Bar
- Page 21 Polokwane Bar
- Page 22 Pretoria Bar
- Page 24 Cape Bar
Forum: The Other Transformation Issue
- Page 27 Where are the women?
Forum: Medical Negligence Mediation
Forum: Case Note
Forum: Why Judges Matter
Forum: How to argue like Wim Trengove
- Page 49 How to argue like Wim Trengove
Legal Crossword
- Page 51 Number 31
Fly on the Wall
- Page 52 Fly on the Wall