Table of Contents: Vol 25 • No 3 • December 2012

EDITOR
Hennie Mellet
hfmellet@telkomsa.net
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Editorial committee
Patric Mtshaulana SC (chair)
Frank Snyckers SC (deputy chair)
Azhar Bham SC
Richard Brooks
Alfred Cockrell SC
Marilena Ioannou
Sandhya Mahabeer
Jean Meiring
Lwandile Sisilana
IAM Semenya 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
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Chair’s contribution
GCB news
- Page 5: World Bar Conference June/July 2012 – London. Report by Izak Smuts SC to the annual general meeting of the GCB
- Page 8: GCB chair press release: Bloodshed at Marikana, IAM Semenya SC, chairman of the GCB
- Page 9: Future Leaders Symposium, Port Elizabeth, 13 and 14 July 2012By MG Swanepoel SC, chairperson of the organising committee of the Eastern Cape Society of Advocates
- Page 14: Middle Temple sets root in the Cape. By Jean Meiring, Johannesburg Bar
Judiciary
Bar news
- Page 22: Cape: Legal Practice Bill workshop by André Coetzee, Cape Bar
- Page 22: JSC v CBC (in the SCA) by Luke Kelly, Cape Bar
- Page 22: Eastern Cape – Port Elizabeth: News by Anusha Rawjee, Port Elizabeth Bar
- Page 23: Johannesburg: Silks Judges Dinner • Soccer fever • Formation of new group • New silk: C Whitcutt SC By Kameshni Pillay, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 24: Transkei: Farewell Judge Selwyn Miller. By Vusi Msiwa, Mthatha Bar
- Page 25: Pretoria: Waarnemende aanstellings • Piet de Jager SC,skrywer en rolprentmaker • Abraham Louw SC’s son is an Olympic star Deur Thys Snyman, Pretoria Bar
- Page 26: Pretoria: In memoriam: In memoriam: oudregter Theodor Grobbelaar Deur Thys Snyman, Pretoria Bar
- Page 26: Pretoria: In memoriam: Henri Francois Junod SC by Q Pelser SC
Forum
- Page 28: Privacy and freedom of expression: ‘Too private to publish? Privacy and the individual’* By Carole Lewis, judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal
- Page 34 A court too far? Regional courts in Southern Africa and Europe. By Jeremy Gauntlett SC, member of the Cape and Johannesburg Bars, and of Brick Court Chambers, London; Bencher of the Middle Temple
- Page 40: Transformation at the Johannesburg Bar – some thoughts. By George Kairinos, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 44: An afternoon with the Chief Justice. By Les Morison SC, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 47: Prospecting and mining rights* Comparative analysis of the South African duty to consult and accommodate interested and affected parties before awarding prospecting and mining rights. By Louis Gumbi, member of the Johannesburg Bar and Duma Nokwe Group of Advocates
- Page 51: The rule of law: The importance of independent courts and legal professions* Address to the Cape Law Society on 9 November 2012 by former Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson
Erratum
Conferences
Slices of Bar life
- Page 56: Advocate kindles a love of reading among schoolchildren: The eLibrary Project – Jean Meiring, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 58: Murder & pestilensie: Solace by Andrew Brown • Die pes vertaal deur Piet de Jager SC – Jean Meiring, Johannesburg Bar
From the Publishers
Legal Crossword
- Page 59: Legal Crossword Number 18
- Page 60: Legal Crossword Number 18: Answers
Fly
- Page 60: Fly on the wall