Table of Contents: Vol 14 • No 2 • August 2001

EDITOR
HF Mellet
Redaksiekomitee
Redaksiekomitee
HJ Fabricius SC
JJ Gauntlett sc
CB Mann
P Pauw SC
Administratiewe assistent
Venessa Krugel
Bar representatives
Bisho: TV Norman
Cape: P Weyer
Durban: S Walker
Free State: GJM Wright
Grahamstown: I Smuts SC
Johannesburg: RS Selvan SC
WHG van der Linde SC
Northern Cape: J Schreuder
North West: J Stander
Pietermaritzburg: YN Moodley SC
Port Elizabeth: PWA Scott
Pretoria: HS Havenga
Umtata: MH Sishuba
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- Page 2: Proposed World Bar conference contributed by M J D Wallis SC, Durban Bar
- Page 2: Pius Langa Scholarship
The chairman’s contribution
GCB News
- Page 5: From the chairman’s report
- Page 9: Legal Practice Bill
- Page 9: Advocacy training: Lesotho workshop by Sharise Weiner SC, Johannesburg Bar. Convenor,
GCB Advocacy Training Commitee - Page 33: Independence of the legal profession by Dato’ Param Cumaraswamy. UN Special
Rapporteur - Page 34: AGM 2001 – talk on the wild side contributed by Henk du Toit, Cape Bar
- Page 35: Moving forward: the 2001 AGM contributed by Halima Saldulker, honorary secretary, GCB
- Page 36: National Bar Examination Board from the report by A Findlay SC, convenor of the board
- Page 37: Nairobi conference contributed by Halima Saldulker, honorary secretary of the GCB
- Page 39: An Amsterdam honorary degree for Justice A Chaskalson
- Page 40: Zimbabwe. Summary by the executive committee of the IBA
Bar news
- Page 10: Eastern Cape contributed by IJ Smuts SC, Grahamstown
- Page 10: Johannesburg contributed by Pieter Pauw SC, Johannesburg
- Page 10: Natal contributed by Shelley Walker, Durban Bar
- Page 10: Noord–Kaap bygedra deur Japie Schreuder, Kimberley
- Page 11: North–West contributed by John Stander, North-West Bar
- Page 11: Pretoria bygedra deur Henk Havenga, Pretoria Balie
- Page 12: Surmounting gender barriers by Harshila Kooverjie, Pretoria Bar
- Page 12: Vrystaat bygedra deur G Wright, Bloemfontein
- Page 13: Cape contributed by Patsi Weyer, Cape Town
- Page 13: Bisho contributed by T Norman, Bisho
- Page 42: Kilimanjaro conquered! by Sieg Eiselen, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 43: A toast to the Bar by Frank Snyckers, Johannesburg Bar
Names in the News
- Page 14: New Judges
View Point
- Page 15: Diluting professional independence by Mervyn King SC
- Page 16: Guardians of the public interest by J McKinnon
- Page 43: Public losing faith in justice system. Wyndham Hartley in Business Day, 28 May 2001
Forum
- Page 17: The Legal Practice Bill: submission by JJ Gauntlett SC, GCB Chairman, to the Minister of
Justice - Page 20: Preparation for trial: from fact analysis to trial tactics by Chris Marnewick SC. Institute of
Professional Legal Studies, Auckland. - Page 25: The Bar and the Competition Commission by Glenn Turner, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 26: Namibian Bar to be prosecuted? Contributed by a member of the Namibian Bar
- Page 27: At least 21 reasons to celebrate the LRC’s 21st birthday by Bongani Majola,
National directorof the Legal Resources Centre
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