Table of Contents: Vol 22 • No 2 • August 2009
EDITOR
Hennie Mellet
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Editorial committee
Jannie Eksteen SC (chair)
Frank Snyckers (deputy chair)
Azhar Bham SC,
Richard Brooks
Alfred Cockrell
Susannah Cowen
Sandhya Mahabeer
Patrick Mtshaulana SC
Mahlape Sello
Bar representatives
Bhisho: Vacant
Cape: Frans Rautenbach
Free State: Henriette Murray.
Grahamstown: Richard Brooks
Johannesburg: David Leibowitz
KwaZulu-Natal: Rashid Vahed SC, Paul Wallis, Zuleka Rasool
Namibia: Raymond Heathcote
Northern Cape: Japie Schreuder
North West: John Stander
Port Elizabeth: David Smith
Pretoria: Henk Havenga
Umtata: Mathobela Shisuba
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Chair’s contribution
GCB news
- Page 4: The chair’s report 2008/2009
- Page 7: Kentridge Award function: Report by Frans Rautenbach, Cape Bar
Media statements
- Page 8: GCB press statement on new cabinet, Patric M Mtshaulana, chairman, General Council of the Bar of South Africa, Johannesburg, 11 May 2008
- Page 8: Judicial Service Commission, 8 June 2009
- Page 8: Law Deans’ Association (SALDA)
The SADC Lawyers’ Association Media statements
- Page 10: Zimbabwe: The SADC Tribunal ruling in the case of William Michael Campbell and Another v the Republic of Zimbabwe. Issued on behalf of the SADC Lawyers’ Association by Mabvuto Hara, president of the SADC Lawyers’ Association; 12 June 2009.
- Page 10: Swaziland: Law under which Swazi Human Rights Lawyer Thulani Maseko has been arrested – ancient and undemocratic. Issued on behalf of the SADC Lawyers’ Association by Mabvuto Hara, president of the SADC Lawyers’ Association; 12 June 2009.
- Page 11: The Zimbabwe Government’s response – Chinamasa slams SADC land ruling and condones farm attacks. Report by Alex Bell published in The Zimbabwe Times, 15 June 2009
News
Bar news
- Page 14: Cape: Cape Bar 2009 silks by Marilena Ioannou, Cape Bar
- Page 16: Cape Bar: Tribute to David Meyerowitz SC. Taken from a speech delivered by the Judge DM Davis
- Page 17: Kwazulu-Natal by Zuleka Rasool, Durban Bar: Condolences • Congratulations • Farewell • Acting appointments
- Page 17: Port Elizabeth by David Smith, Port Elizabeth Bar
- Page 18: Johannesburg: Sir Sydney Kentridge QC celebrated
- Page 22: Pretoria by Henk Havenga SC: New Bar Council • Pretoria Bar Iron Men • 2009 Pupille- inname • In memoriam:Kobus Snijmann SC • Izak Geldenhuys – beterskap • Waarnemende aanstellings
- Page 22: The Pretoria Bar at the Cape Epic
- Page 25: Free State by Henriette Murray: New silks – Jimmy Claassen and Johann Dafue • Members
- Page 26: North West By Blackie Swart, North West Bar: Sailing From Scratch • Other news from North West Bar
IBA
- Page 21: MacArthur Award for International Justice
- Page 24: IBA’s annual conference
Forum
- Page 28: Crime and Punishment in present-day South Africa: A cryptic look at restorative justice by Leon Vermaak
- Page 31: International Commercial Arbitration and the Southern African Development Community by Michael Tselentis QC
- Page 34: Judicial independence and responsibilities by the Lord Judge
- Page 39: On the costs of access to justice, solo silks and advocates/attorneys by Bert Bester
- Page 42: The Commonwealth principles of the relationship between the three branches of government by Colin Nicholls QC
- Page 45: Effective opening statements in American trial practice: Part 2 by Willem H Gravett
- Page 48: Why www.commonroom.co.za? by Les Morison
From the publishers
Legal Crossword
- Page 51: Legal Crossword Number 8
- Page 10: Legal Crossword Number 8: Answers
Fly
- Page 52: Fly on the wall