Table of Contents: Vol 26 • No 2 • August 2013

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
Marilena Ioannou
Sandhya Mahabeer
Jean Meiring
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: Thys Snyman
Umtata: Vusi Msiwa

Editorial information

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Chair’s contribution

Stop press: Media statement by the GCB

GCB news

Bar news

Judiciary

Forum

Upcoming Conferences

Slices of Bar life

From the Publishers

Legal Crossword

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