Table of Contents: Vol 24 • No 3 • December 2011

EDITOR
Hennie Mellet
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Editorial committee
Patric Mtshaulana SC (chair)
Frank Snyckers (deputy chair)
Azhar Bham SC
Richard Brooks
Alfred Cockrell SC
Susannah Cowen
Sandhya Mahabeer
Mahlape Sello
Lwandile Sisilana
Rashid Vahed SC (ex officio – GCB chair)
Bar representatives
Bhisho: Vacant
Cape: Frans Rautenbach
Free State: Henriette Murray.
Grahamstown: Richard Brooks
Johannesburg: Kameshni Pillay, Ayesha Tiry, Dirk R van Zyl
KwaZulu-Natal: Laurence Broster SC, Andreas Coutsoudis, Kerusha Pillay
Namibia: D Obbes SC
Northern Cape: Lizanne van Niekerk
North West: John Stander
Port Elizabeth: Steve Rorke SC, Anusha Rawjee
Pretoria: Henk Havenga SC
Umtata: Vusi Msiwa
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Chair’s contribution
- Page 2: The Pretoria Advocates case by Rashid Vahed SC, chair of the General Council of the Bar of South Africa
- Page 2: World Bar Conference 2012 by Rashid Vahed SC, chair of the General Council of the Bar of South Africa
- Page 3: Chief Justice Mogoeng by RAK Vahed SC GCB chairman by Rashid Vahed SC, chair of the General Council of the Bar of South Africa
- Page 3: A Word of Thanks by Rashid Vahed SC, chair of the General Council of the Bar of South Africa
Press releases by the GCB
- Page 3: GCB executive
- Page 3: Annual general meeting
- Page 3: Erosion of judicial independence in Swaziland
GCB News
- Page 4: World Bar Conference 2012, 29 June – 1 July 2012
- Page 4: Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA)
Bar news
- Page 6: Free State: News by Henriette Murray, Bloemfontein Bar – Some scenes from the Free State Bar’s ‘long-awaited fourth famous fifteen yearly rugby match’ against the attorneys’ profession
- Page 7: Free State: News by Henriette Murray, Bloemfontein Bar
- Page 8: Eastern Cape: Port Elizabeth by Steve Rorke SC and Anusha Rawjee, Port Elizabeth Bar
- Page 8: Eastern Cape: Grahamstown by Richard Brooks, Grahamstown Bar
- Page 8: North West: News by John Stander, North West Bar
- Page 10: KwaZulu-Natal: by Lawrence Broster SC, Andreas Coutsoudis and Karusha Pillay, KwaZulu-Natal Bar – Appointments to the Bench: Judge Yvonne Mbatha, Judge Johan Ploos Van Amstel, Judge Nompumelelo Radebe, Judge Rishi Seegobin, Judge Malcolm Wallis.
- Page 11: Pretoria: News by Henk Havenga SC, Pretoria Bar – 2011 Winter kombers-projek • The winter is over • World travelling staff member • Waarnemende aanstellings • In memoriam: Piet Kemp SC
- Page 12: Cape: News by Natalie Lawrenson, Cape Bar – Appointment to the Bench: Judge Robert Henney
- Page 12: Cape: News by Louise Liebenberg, Cape Bar – New silk: Tracey Dicker SC
- Page 12: Transkei: News by Vusi Msiwa, Mthatha Bar – New members • Acting appointments in 2011 • Membership
- Page 14: Johannesburg: by Kameshni Pillay, Johannesburg Bar – Appointment to the Bench; Judge Sharise Weiner
- Page 14: Johannesburg: by Kameshni Pillay, Johannesburg Bar – Formation of the Victoria Mxenge Group • The Prize of Peace • Judges-Silks Dinner • Acting appointments • Annual Dinner • Sporting Events • Invoice Accelerator
Judiciary
Forum
- Page 22: Administrative independence as a guarantee of judicial independence: experiences from South Africa by Judge Azhar Cachalia, judge of The Supreme Court of Appeal
- Page 25 The lie of the land: law and land seizure in Zimbabwe 1890 – 2010. The 9th Mofokeng Lecture by Jeremy Gauntlett SC at Maseru, Lesotho, on 15 October 2010
- Page 32: Evil under the sun: the death of Steve Biko. The 12th Steve Biko Memorial Lecture delivered by Sir Sydney Kentridge QC on 12 September 2011
Middle Temple and SA Conference, September 2010
- Page 37: Challenging government decisions: codified and uncodified judicial review by Professor Jeffrey Jowell QC, Former Dean of Law at The University College of London; Member of Blackstone Chambers. Paper delivered at The Middle Temple and SA Conference, September 2010
- Page 40: The rule of law and prosecutions: to prosecute or not to prosecute by Keir Starmer QC, Director of Public Prosecutions of England and Wales. Paper delivered at The Middle Temple and SA Conference, September 2010
Slices of Bar life
- Page 43: Essay on acting as a High Court judge by Les Morison SC, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 46: As jy moeg word vir die lewe in die stad… deur Jean Meiring, Johannesburg-Balie
- Page 48: Jo’burg silk pens new ‘Dinner for two’ by Jean Meiring, Johannesburg Bar
From the publishers
- Page 49: Wild Law by Cormac Cullinan reviewed by Henk Havenga SC, Pretoria Bar
- Page 49: Taxpayers’ Rights in South Africa by Beric Croome and Tax Administration by Beric Croome and Lynette Olivier reviewed by Andy Bester, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 50: International Tax: a South African perspective by Lynette Olivier and Michael Honiball reviewed by Andy Bester, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 50: Insurance Law Bulletin by JP van Niekerk reviewed by Andy Bester, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 50: The Legal Practitioner’s Handbook On Costs Second Edition by AJ Reinecke reviewed by André Swanepoel, Circle Chambers, Pretoria
Legal Crossword
- Page 51: Legal Crossword Number 15
- Page 10: Legal Crossword Number 15: Answers
Fly
- Page 52: Fly on the wall