Editor

Franny Rabkin
franny.rabkin@gcbsa.co.za

Editorial committee

Frank Snyckers SC (chair)
Quentin du Plessis
Sandhya Mahabeer SC
Loyiso Makapela
Jean Meiring
Nevenka Ristik
Muhammad Zakaria Suleman
Ahditya Kissoon Singh SC
(ex officio – GCB chair)

BAR REPRESENTATIVES

Cape: Gregory Solik
Free State: Amelia Swanepoel
Makhanda: Julian Barker
Johannesburg: Sibongile Mathe
KwaZulu-Natal: Nooreen Nursoo and Zandile Qono
Mpumalanga: Gertruida Gomes
De Jesus, Denise Greyling-Coetzer and Zodwa Gumede
Namibia: Retha Steinmann
Northern Cape: Albert Eillert
North West: Thabile Sebitlo
Polokwane: Nathi Gaisa
Gqeberha: James Ramsay
Pretoria: Megan Moodley

EDITORIAL INFORMATION

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.
This applies also to the views expressed by the editor in her contributions.

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ISSN 1683-2566
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Editorial

Index

Chair’s contribution

GCB & National News

Bar News

Forum

  • Page 40 Maintaining appearances: Court dress, an enduring rule of etiquette by Sechaba Mohapi, Johannesburg Bar
  • Page 51 Robing in South African courts: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by Vuyani Ngalwana SC, PABASA
  • Page 57 Robing by Adrian Collingwood, KZN Bar (Durban)
  • Page 61 Government at the Window: An essay on the urgency of imposing legal liability on the makers and profiteers of artificial intelligence by Les Morison SC, Johannesburg Bar
  • Page 63 Judicial process: Judicial case management Is it working or is it business as usual? by Nick Kapumha, North West Bar
  • Page 66 Regulatory Hurdles in Advocacy Conversions by Matt Williams, Cape Bar

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