Table of Contents: Vol 19 • No 2 • August 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: Zachia Eloff, Henriette Murray.
Grahamstown: Izak Smuts SC.
Johannesburg: Craig Watt-Pringle SC.
KwaZulu-Natal: Wendalynn Bowler,
Hoosen Gani, Zuleka Rasool.
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
GCB News
- Page 4: GCB press statement: submissions to the Portfolio Committee
- Page 4: New chair of Council of Barristers and Advocates
- Page 4: 60th AGM meeting contributed by Rashid Vahed SC
- Page 5: New GCB Chair
- Page 7: Advocacy training, Gray’s Inn by Tern-Lee Dix, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 7: Appointment to Appellate Body of WTO. David Unterhalter SC, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 33: Bar Leaders’ Conference
Human rights
Bar news
- Page 8: Port Elizabeth contributed by Peter Kroon, Port Elizabeth Bar
- Page 11: Johannesburg Bar at Midmar. Contributed by André Gautschi SC, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 11: KwaZulu-Natal. Contributed by Wendalynn Bowler, KwaZulu-Natal Bar
- Page 11: Vrystaat bygedra deur Henriette Murray en Zachia Eloff, Free State Bar
- Page 12: Noord-Kaap bygedra deur Japie Schreuder, Northern Cape Bar
- Page 12: Bhisho contributed by Chuma Cossie, Bhisho Bar
- Page 14: Pretoria Bar bygedra deur Henk Havenga, Pretoria Bar
- Page 15: Grahamstown contributed by Mark Euijen, Grahamstown Bar
- Page 15: Kaap: Die Kaap onthou Wyle regter de Kock
- Page 16: Cape: Responses to ‘Imagine’
GCB Submissions
Forum
- Page 20: Judicial ethics and complaint procedures agains judges by LTC Harms
- Page 34: The judiciary, the courts and the Constitution: why so much controversy? by RW Nugent
- Page 39: Integrating IT into legal practice; part 6 by Steve Kirk-Cohen SC, Cape Bar
- Page 43: Courses on causes – the World Women Law Conference, June 2006 by Sandhya Mahabeer,
KwaZulu-Natal Bar - Page 44: The practical realities of a woman practising at the Bar by Mabel Jansen SC, Pretoria Bar
- Page 48: The fundamental principles of cross-examination in American trial practice:
Part ll by Willem H Gravett, New York State Bar
From the publishers
- Page 51: Juta Law: advertorial
- Page 52: Occupational Health & Safety Legislation Manual reviewed by D Pillay, Durban Bar
- Page 52: Business Transfers and Employment Rights in SA reviewed by Andrew Redding SC,
Johannesburg Bar - Page 53: Civil procedure: A practical Guide by Pete et al reviewed by Frank Snyckers,
Johannesburg Bar - Page 53: Essential Employment Discrimination Law reviewed by Ben Stoop, Pretoria Bar
Letters to the editor
- Page 54: Proposed amendment of the Constitution by MH Wessels SC, Free State Bar
- Page 54: Is the legal profession’s ‘New Clicks’ nigh? by HJ Benadé, Free State Bar
FLY
- Page 55: Fly on the wall