Table of Contents: Vol 31 • No 1 • April 2018

EDITOR

Franny Rabkin
editor.advocate@mweb.co.za

Editorial committee

Frank Snyckers SC (chair)
Mushahida Adhikari
Johan Brand SC
Mark Euijen SC
Marilena Maddison
Sandhya Mahabeer
Jean Meiring
Mahlape Sello
Lwandile Sisilana
Thandisa Tyuthuza
Vuyani Ngalwana SC
(ex officio – GCB chair)

BAR REPRESENTATIVES

Cape: Patrick Mackenzie and Tanya Rudman
Free State: Jason Johnson
Grahamstown: Thomas Miller
Johannesburg: Kutlwano Motla
KwaZulu-Natal: Carol Sibiya, Prianjali Kissoon Singh and Sarah Pudifin-Jones
Namibia: Esi Chase
Northern Cape: Albert Eillert
North West: John Stander
Polokwane: Nathi Gaisa
Port Elizabeth: Anusha Rawjee
Pretoria: John Holland-Müter
Mthatha: Vusi Msiwa

EDITORIAL INFORMATION

Advocate is the journal of the General Council of the Bar (GCB). Except in the case of official press releases or statements, published as such, the views expressed by individual contributors of articles and items in Advocate do not purport to be the views of the editorial committee of Advocate, or the official views of the GCB, but remain the views of the individual contributors.

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Cover photo of Nelson Mandela
by Jurgen Shadeberg

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ISSN 1683-2566
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Editorial

Index

Chair’s contribution

ADVOCATE

GCB & National News

Bar News

Fanie Cilliers SC, Behemoth of the Johannesburg Bar

Forum

Law Matters

Obituary: Lord Steyn

Obituary: Eloff JP

From the Publishers

Legal Crossword

Fly on the Wall

1 Editorial

2 Index

3 Chair’s contribution

6 ADVOCATE

7 GCB & National News

8 Bar News

30 Fanie Cilliers SC, Behemoth of the Johannesburg Bar

36 Forum

51 Law Matters

53: Obituary: Lord Steyn

56: Obituary: Eloff JP

57 From the Publishers

59 Legal Crossword

60 Fly on the Wall