Table of Contents: Vol 25 • No 2 • August 2012
EDITOR
Hennie Mellet
hfmellet@telkomsa.net
082 961 7696
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
Gerrit Pretorius SC (ex officio – GCB chair)
Bar representatives
Bhisho: Vacant
Cape: Luke Kelly
Free State: Henriette Murray.
Grahamstown: Richard Brooks
Johannesburg: Kameshni Pillay
KwaZulu-Natal: Laurence Broster SC, Sarah Linscott, Kerusha Pillay
Namibia: D Obbes SC
Northern Cape: Lizanne van Niekerk
North West: John Stander
Port Elizabeth: Steve Rorke SC, Anusha Rawjee
Pretoria: Leon Dicker
Umtata: Vusi Msiwa
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Chair’s contribution
GCB news
- Page 3: Extracts from the report to the 67th annual general meeting of the General Council of the Bar of South Africa by Gerrit Pretorius SC, chairman
- Page 16: SADC Lawyers’ Association Extracts from the report on the 2011 Annual General Meeting and Conference held in Maputo, Mozambique on 4-7 August 2011 by IAM Semenya SC, Johannesburg Bar
Press release by the GCB
Bar news
- Page 6: Johannesburg: Contributed by Kameshni Pillay, Matseleng Lekoane and Sarel van Vuuren – A new home for the Society in Sandton • Recommendations for silk • Recent judicial appointment: Judge Bashier Vally
- Page 6: Johannesburg: Midmar 2012 By André Gautschi, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 8: Johannesburg: A comparative look at the Society of Advocates in South Africa and Zimbabwe By Harriett Mutenga, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 9: North West: News by John Stander, North West Bar – Founding affidavit
- Page 9: North West: In memoriam: the late Edgar Smith J By former Judge Charles Waddington, Cape Town
- Page 10: Eastern Cape – Grahamstown: Changes on the Bench – Justice R Pillay By GH Bloem SC, Grahamstown Bar • Justice XM Petse By ML Beard, Grahamstown Bar
- Page 10: Pretoria: News by Thys Snyman, Pretoria Bar – Regbank • In memoriam: Henri Francois Junod SC • The 2012 Winter Blanket Project
- Page 12: Free State: News by Henriette Murray, Bloemfontein Bar – Free State Bar Council • New silk: Dirk van der Walt SC • 6th Annual Floris Coetzee Cricket Day 2012 • Legal Eagle Bike Run
- Page 13: Cape: Prevention of sexual harassment policy By Michelle Norton, Cape Bar
- Page 13: Cape: The Cape Bar’s maternity policy By Karrisha Pillay, Cape Bar
- Page 14: KwaZulu-Natal: By Sarah Linscott, KwaZulu-Natal Bar – Bar Dinner 2012 • Comrades 2012 • Combrinck Charity Cycle 2012
Forum
- Page 18: Double booking, overreaching & briefs to settle By Nirmal Singh SC, convenor of the Ethics Committee of the KwaZulu-Natal Society of Advocates
- Page 34 Without fear, favour or prejudice: the courts, the Constitution and transformation By former Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson. Speech delivered at the launch of the Administrative Justice Association of South Africa in Cape Town on 25 January 2012.
- Page 39: When expedience trumps the Rule of Law: Hlophe v Premier: Western Cape and Others 2012 (6) BCLR 567 (CC) By Vuyani Ngalwana, Johannesburg Bar. Public lecture delivered at the Law School of the University of the Witwatersrand on 12 June 2012.
- Page 44: The independence of the judiciary By Judge F Kroon, Eastern Cape High Court. Address (revised for publication) delivered at the annual Bar dinner of the Eastern Cape Bar at Grahamstown on 17 February 2012.
Middle Temple and SA Conference, September 2010 – The rule of law under a written and unwritten constitution
Conferences
Slices of Bar life
- Page 46: Mtshaulana SC on life at the Bar – and beyond by Jean Meiring, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 49: Clarence van Buuren onder die loep by Jean Meiring, Johannesburg Bar
From the Publishers
- Page 50: Judicial Independence in Context By Adam Dodek and Lorne Sossin (editors) Irwin Law (2010) Soft cover, reviewed by Frank Snyckers SC, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 50: Corporate Governance Third Edition by Tom Wixley and Geoff Everingham SiberInk (2002) Soft cover, reviewed by DS Hodge, Grahamstown Bar
- Page 51: The National Credit Act Explained Second Edition by JM Otto and R-L Otto LexisNexis (2011) Soft cover, reviewed by Terrence Seery , Durban Bar
Letter to the Editor
Legal Crossword
- Page 51: Legal Crossword Number 17
- Page 52: Legal Crossword Number 17: Answers
Fly
- Page 52: Fly on the wall