Table of Contents: Vol 24 • No 2 • August 2011

EDITOR
Hennie Mellet
hfmellet@telkomsa.net
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Editorial committee
Patric Mtshaulana SC (chair)
Frank Snyckers (deputy chair)
Azhar Bham SC
Richard Brooks
Alfred Cockrell
Susannah Cowen
Sandhya Mahabeer
Mahlape Sello
Lwandile Sisilana
Rashid Vahed SC (ex officio – GCB chair)
Bar representatives
Bhisho: Vacant
Cape: Frans Rautenbach
Free State: Henriette Murray.
Grahamstown: Richard Brooks
Johannesburg: Anthea Platt, Ayesha Tiry, Dirk R van Zyl
KwaZulu-Natal: Laurence Broster SC, Andreas Coutsoudis, Kerusha Pillay
Namibia: D Obbes SC
Northern Cape: Lizanne van Niekerk
North West: John Stander
Port Elizabeth: Steve Rorke SC
Pretoria: Henk Havenga SC
Umtata: Vusi Msiwa
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Chair’s contribution
GCB news
GCB chair’s annual report 2010/2011
Press releases by the GCB
- Page 8: Extension of term of office of the Chief Justice by RAK Vahed SC GCB chairman 15 June 2011
- Page 8: Sydney and Felicia Kentridge Award
- Page 8: The late Justice Herbert Msimang by RAK Vahed SC GCB chairman 08 April 2011
Bar news
- Page 10: Johannesburg: Appointments to the Bench by Les Morison SC, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 11: Johannesburg: In memoriam The late Clive Cohen SC, by Willem Van Der Linde SC, supplemented by Fanie Cilliers SC, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 11: Johannesburg: In memoriam The late Allan Horwitz SC by Ayesha Tiry, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 11: Johannesburg: The Prize of Peace – a play written by Les Morison SC, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 12: Johannesburg: Johannesburg Bar at the Midmar 2011 by Andre Gautschi SC, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 14: Pretoria: News by Henk Havenga SC, Pretoria Bar – In memoriam: oudappèlregter EL Jansen • Pretoria Bar Council for 2011/2012 • Piet de Jager SC se Roepman • Nuwe aanstelling op die regbank: Judge Johan Louw
- Page 14: Pretoria: Brooklyn Advokatekamers deur Maryke van Rooyen, Brooklyn Kamers, Pretoria
- Page 15: Pretoria: News by Henk Havenga SC, Pretoria Bar – New silks: Russel Beaton SC, Mike Bofilatos SC, Niël du Preez SC, Werner Lüderitz SC, Japie Maritz SC, Reinhard Michau SC, Hein Snyman SC, Tokkie van Zyl SC, Kobus Strijdom SC • Acting appointments
- Page 16: Pretoria: In memoriam The late Justice Erns Jansen by Henk Havenga SC, Pretoria Bar
- Page 18: Northern Cape: News by Lizanne van Niekerk, Northern Cape Bar – Appointment to the Bench: Jugde VM Phatsoane • New Bar Council • Acting appointments
- Page 18: North West: News by John Stander, North West Bar
- Page 20: Eastern Cape: Port Elizabeth by Steve Rorke SC and Anusha Rawjee, Port Elizabeth Bar
- Page 20: Eastern Cape: Grahamstown by Richard Brooks, Grahamstown Bar
- Page 20: Free State: News by Henriette Murray, Bloemfontein Bar – In memoriam: The late Justice EKW Lichtenberg
- Page 21: Cape: News by Frans Rautenbach, Cape Bar – New silks: Lance Burger SC, Louis Olivier SC, Taki Madima SC, Tracy Dicker also took silk.
- Page 22: KwaZulu-Natal: By Lawrence Broster SC, Andreas Coutsoudis and Karusha Pillay, KwaZulu-Natal Bar – In memoriam: In memoriam Msimang JP, Mkhize SC and Lester Pistorius
- Page 22: KwaZulu-Natal: By Lawrence Broster SC, Andreas Coutsoudis and Karusha Pillay, KwaZulu-Natal Bar – New silk: André de Wet SC
Forum
- Page 24: Litigation can be cost free and equitable considerations can replace the law by Justice Brian Galgut, Ombudsman for Long-Term Insurance
- Page 26 Standing in for Counsel’S Fee: Fact or Fiction? By Albert Reinecke, Attorney
- Page 29: Access To Justice: Case Management By Justice HCJ Flemming, Former Deputy Judge President of the then Transvaal Provincial Division
- Page 43: On Gowns, Silk and Other Colonial Relics by Bert Bester, Johannesburg Bar
Middle Temple and SA Conference, September 2010, Theme: Costs
- Page 33: Reform of the costs regime – a South African perspective by Justice Malcolm Wallis, Judge of The Supreme Court Of Appeal
- Page 37: Reform of the costs regime. Paper by Lord Justice Jackson delivered at The Middle Temple and SA Conference, September 2010
Slices of Bar life
Introducing a new regular feature: The Bar is a demanding place, but many of our colleagues manage to do a great many things beyond the law. Here, Advocate commences a regular column devoted to the people of the Bar and their interesting lives.
- Page 46: Stuart Wilson gets M & G Nod by Jean Meiring, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 47: Piet skiet ‘n fliek by Jean Meiring, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 48: The taxman cometh – bearing books by Jean Meiring, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 49: Run, Ncumisa, run by Jean Meiring, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 50: Jean Meiring, Group 621, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 50: The story of Dennis: from messenger to group leader by Dumisa Ntsebeza SC, Group Leader 0f The Duma Nokwe Group, Johannesburg Bar
Legal Crossword
- Page 51: Legal Crossword Number 14
- Page 10: Legal Crossword Number 14: Answers
Fly
- Page 52: Fly on the wall