Table of Contents: Vol 30 • No 2 • August 2017

EDITOR

Franny Rabkin
editor.advocate@mweb.co.za

Editorial committee

Frank Snyckers SC (chair)
Johan Brand SC
Mark Euijen SC
Marilena Maddidson
Sandhya Mahabeer
Jean Meiring
Mahlape Sello
Lwandile Sisilana
Thandisa Tyuthuza
Vuyani Ngalwana SC
(ex officio – GCB chair

BAR REPRESENTATIVES

Cape: Luke Kelly
Free State: Jason Johnson
Grahamstown: Thomas Miller
Johannesburg: Clayton Vetter
KwaZulu-Natal: Carol Sibiya, Prianjali Kissoon Singh
Namibia: Esi Chase
Northern Cape: Albert Eillert
North West: John Stander
Polokwane: Nathi Gaisa
Port Elizabeth: Steve Rorke SC, Anusha Rawjee
Pretoria: John Holland-Müter
Mthatha: Vusi Msiwa

EDITORIAL INFORMATION

Advocate is the journal of the General Council of the Bar (GCB). Except in the case of official press releases or statements, published as such, the views expressed by individual contributors of articles and items in Advocate do not purport to be the views of the editorial committee of Advocate, or the official views of the GCB, but remain the views of the individual contributors.

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Editorial

Index

Chair’s contribution

GCB & National News

Bar News

South Africa’s First Bill of Rights

Prescription Under siege

The Unhappy Relationship Between Forensic Science and the Law

Alcohol advertising

CAJAC

Obituaries

Getting to Know

Legal Crossword

Fly on the Wall