Table of Contents: Vol 14 • No 3 • December 2001
EDITOR
HF Mellet
Redaksiekomitee
Redaksiekomitee
HJ Fabricius SC
JJ Gauntlett sc
CB Mann
P Pauw SC
Administratiewe assistent
Venessa Krugel
Bar representatives
Bisho: TV Norman
Cape: P Weyer
Durban: S Walker
Free State: GJM Wright
Grahamstown: I Smuts SC
Johannesburg: RS Selvan SC
WHG van der Linde SC
Northern Cape: J Schreuder
North West: J Stander
Pietermaritzburg: YN Moodley SC
Port Elizabeth: PWA Scott
Pretoria: HS Havenga
Umtata: MH Sishuba
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Stop Press
- Page 2: SA Bar tackles rift
- Page 2: Johannesburg Bar Council 2001/2002
The chairman’s contribution
GCB News
- Page 4: Welcome changes from the Bar
- Page 4: The Bar responds by Jeremy Gauntlett SC
- Page 6: The judiciary. Honorary doctorate: Justice Pius Langa. Deputy President of the
Constitutional Court of South Africa - Page 6: Zimbabwe
- Page 6: GCB awards: Sydney and Felicia Kentridge Award • Pius Langa Scholarship
- Page 7: Transformation of the profession • Discussion with AFT • AFT’s response • GCB’s reply
- Page 8: Professional rules of ethics: Referral rule; Defaulters’rule; Appearance with non-practising
persons - Page 10: Jeremy Gauntlett: some random personal reminiscences
- Page 12: Activities of the General Council of the Bar: The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) • Legal
Aid Board
Bar news
- Page 14: Vrystaat bygedra deur Germa Wright, Bloemfontein
- Page 14: Cape contributed by Patsi Weyer, Cape Town
- Page 16: Noord–Kaap bygedra deur Japie Schreuder, Kimberley
- Page 16: Bisho contributed by Richard Quinn SC
- Page 16: Port Elizabeth contributed by Patrick Scott, Port Elizabeth
- Page 16: Natal contributed by Shelley Walker, Durban
- Page 17: North–West contributed by John Stander, North–West Bar
- Page 17: Johannesburg contributed by Pieter Pauw SC, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 18: GCB reports: rules committee
Viewpoint
Forum
- Page 22: Legal redress for all – the small claims court by Steven Kuny, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 24: What irritates judges? by LTC Harms, Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal, Bloemfontein
- Page 27: The Internet – its impact on SA law by John Peter, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 30: Modernisation: changes do not necessarily improve by Chris Marnewick SC
- Page 34: The language question by Patric Mtshaulana, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 36: Books and Old Lawyers by FR Malan, Judge of the Transvaal high court
GCB Reports
- Page 39: Pro bono initiative contributed by GJ Marcus SC, Johannesburg
- Page 39: Reports: Advocacy training, NBEB, Road Accident Fund
- Page 41: Report: Professional Committee. JC Pammenter SC, Durban, Society of Advocates KwaZulu-
Natal
Advocacy training
- Page 42: Advanced international advocacy training course by Carlos da Silva, Pretoria Bar
- Page 43: Trial advocacy training in Florida, USA by Tanya Golden and Ron Paschke, Cape Bar