Table of Contents: Vol 28 • No 2 • August 2015

EDITOR
Philip van der Merwe
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Editorial committee
Patric Mtshaulana SC (chair)
Frank Snyckers SC (deputy chair)
Johan Brand SC
Richard Brooks SC
Marilena Ioannou
Sandhya Mahabeer
Jean Meiring
Mahlape Sello
Lwandile Sisilana
Jeremy Muller SC (ex officio – GCB chair)
BAR REPRESENTATIVES
Cape: Luke Kelly
Free State: Henriette Murray
Grahamstown: Thomas Muller
Johannesburg: Clayton Vetter
KwaZulu-Natal: Laurence Broster SC, Sarah Linscott, Kerusha Pillay
Namibia: Esi Chase
Northern Cape: Lizanne van Niekerk
North West: John Stander
Port Elizabeth: Steve Rorke SC, Anusha Rawjee
Pretoria: Thys Snyman
Mthatha: Vusi Msiwa
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Chair’s contribution
GCB news
- Page 6: Bar backs Judiciary in standing up to government.
- Page 9: The Magna Carta and the South African Constitution.
- Page 12: Bar Leaps transformation hurdle at AGM.
- Page 16: GCB AGM’s Chairman Report.
Bar news
- Page 21: Free State: Henriette Murray
- Page 24: Cape: Mark Townsend & Arina du Toit
- Page 25: Eastern Cape: Grahamstown: Thomas Muller. Eastern Cape: Port Elizabeth: Mark Euijen and Anusha Rawjee
- Page 25: North West: John Stander
- Page 27: KwaZulu-Natal: Durban: Sarah Linscott. Pretoria: Johan Brand.
Forum
- Page 29: The Media, Courts and Technology, Dikgang Moseneke Deputy Chief Justice – On the Oscar Pistorius Case.
- Page 37: On Judging intellectual Property Judgements. Bert Bester SC, Member, Johannesburg Society of Advocates, Barrister, Solicitor & Notary Public, British Columbia
- Page 41: The “Harry Potter” Case. Philip van der Merwe, Editor
Slices
From the Publishers
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- Page 48: Fly on the Wall