Table of Contents: Vol 31 • No 3 • December 2018

EDITOR
Franny Rabkin
editor.advocate@mweb.co.za
Editorial committee
Frank Snyckers SC (chair)
Mushahida Adhikari
Johan Brand SC
Mark Euijen SC
Marilena Maddison
Sandhya Mahabeer
Jean Meiring
Mahlape Sello
Lwandile Sisilana
Thandisa Tyuthuza
Craig Watt-Pringle SC
(ex officio – GCB chair)
BAR REPRESENTATIVES
Cape: Patrick Mackenzie
Free State: Jacyn Mitchley
Grahamstown: Thomas Miller
Johannesburg: Kutlwano Motla
KwaZulu-Natal: Carol Sibiya, Sarah Pudifin-Jones and Nooreen Nursoo
Namibia: Esi Chase
Northern Cape: Albert Eillert
North West: John Stander
Polokwane: Nathi Gaisa
Port Elizabeth: Anusha Rawjee
Pretoria: John Holland-Müter
Mthatha: Vusi Msiwa
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Editorial
- Page 1 FROM THE EDITOR
Index
- Page 2 In this issue
Chair’s contribution
GCB & National News
- Page 8 Media Statement by The General Council of the Bar – 10 July 2018
Page 8 Media Statement by Advocates for Transformation (National) – 10 July 2018 - Page 9 Media Statement by The General Council of the Bar – 4 October 2018
- Page 10 Media Statement by The General Council of the Bar – 23 October 2018
- Page 11 Media Statement by Advocates for Transformation (National) – 29 October 2018
Page 11 What happened with Motion Court Exam? - Page 12 The Sydney and Felicia Kentridge Award 2018
- Page 15 Legal writing and reasoning conference debuts in Stellenbosch
- Page 18 2018 Stellenbosch advocacy training
Bar News
- Page 23 Johannesburg Bar
- Page 25 Cape Bar
- Page 26 Free State Bar
- Page 27 KZN Bar
- Page 32 North West Bar
- Page 33 Pretoria Bar
Forum
- Page 36 Forum: Public Interest Litigation in South Africa
by Jason Brickhill – Extract from Introduction - Page 44 Forum: Retired judges & civil society.
Judge Johann Kriegler sits down with Mark Euijen SC to talk about the role of retired judges Constitutional Court Justice Kate O’Regan speaks to Advocate about what principles should guide judges after they leave the bench - Page 52 Forum: O son of man, can these bones live?
The need to resurrect the Commercial Court by Gavin Rome SC and Sechaba Mohapi - Page 57 Forum: The implications of the Kavanaugh affair for South Africa
by Morné Olivier
From the Publishers
Law Matters
Legal Crossword
- Page 67 Number 36
Fly on the Wall
- Page 68 Fly on the Wall