Table of Contents: Vol 11 • No 2 • November 1998
REDAKSIEKOMITEE
HF Mellet (Redakteur)
MC Botha SC
JY Claassen
WRE Duminy SC
GF Hartford
PB Hodes SC
CB Mann
P Pauw
WRC Prinsloo SC
RL Selvan SC
WHG van der Linde SC
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Editorial • Redaksioneel
The Chairman’s contribution
Letters to the editor
Balienuus • Bar news
- Page 96: Johannesburg contributed by Mark Stranex, Johannesburg
- Page 96: Vrystaat bygedra deur Jimmy Claasen, Bloemfontein
- Page 97: Noord–Kaap bygedra deur BJ Erasmus, Kimberley
- Page 98: Pretoria bygedra deur Bill Prinsloo SC, Pretoria
- Page 104: Eastern Cape contributed by Gordon Hartford, Port Elizabeth
- Page 105: Ciskei contributed by TV Norman, Bisho
- Page 105: Natal contributed by Chiman Patel SC and Colin Mann, Durban
- Page 105: Cape contributed by M J M Bridgman, Cape Town
New silks
- Page 106: New silks in Bloemfontein and Durban
The Judiciary – new judges
GCB News
- Page 108: Chairman’s report by Peter Hodes SC
- Page 111: Annual General Meeting by Halima Saldulker
- Page 113: AFSA: Labour Relations Conflict Resolution Service by Katherine Gilfillan, Executive Officer,
AFSA - Page 114: Professional Provident Society by Ralph Meyer SC
- Page 114: Placement and subsidy scheme for law graduates
- Page 115: Judicial Service Commission by Wim Trengove SC and Marumo Moerane SC
We remember them …
- Page 116: Appèlregter M T Steyn SC, huldeblyk deur regter–president E K W Lichtenberg,
Bloemfontein - Page 117: Gerald Gordon QC, tribute by Judge President Gerald Friedman, Cape Town
- Page 118: J R Dendy Young, tribute by Jeremy Gauntlett SC, Cape Bar
- Page 118: Frances Turton, tribute by Katherine Gilfillan, executive officer, AFSA
The Judiciary
- Page 119: Aftrede van appèlregter E M Grosskopf huldeblyk deur Willie Duminy SC, Kaapse Balie
- Page 122: Taxing the judges by Adolph Landman, Judge of the Labour Court of South Africa
Aspects of Practice • Praktyksbrokkies
- Page 125: Aspects of practice/Praktyksbrokkies deur John Middleton, Pretoriase Balie
- Page 129: Come to think of it… by Gordon Hartford, Port Elizabeth Bar
- Page 131: First world conference on advocacy by E Bertelsmann SC
- Page 132: Taalgebruik en taal van rekord in die howe deur Dennie du Preez, Pretoriase Balie
- Page 132: Justice Vision 2000 Business Conference by Bill Prinsloo SC, Pretoria Bar
- Page 133: Henk Havenga as digter bygedra deur Bill Prinsloo SC, Pretoria Bar
- Page 134: The new Labour Appeal Court by Johan Froneman, Deputy Judge President, Labour
Appeal Court
Forum
- Page 136: The criminal justice system in jeopardy. Is the Constitution to blame? by Justice K van
Dijkhorst - Page 139: The editor talks to … Selby Baqwa SC, the Public Protector
- Page 142: A Bill of Rights for South Africa by Seth Nthai, associate member of the Pretoria Bar
Education and training
- Page 145: Appellate advocacy by Judge E Cameron
- Page 148: Perspectives on advocacy training and the need for a continuing legal education
programme by I W Schwartzman. Judge of the High Court, Transvaal Provincial Division,
Johannesburg - Page 152: The legitimate expectations of a candidate taking the Bar examination by Ronnie Selvan
SC, Johannesburg Bar - Page 155: Advocacy training update by Lyn Ploos van Amstel, advocacy training co–ordinator, Durban
- Page 156: National Bursary Committee by M T K Moerane SC, Natal Bar
- Page 158: National Bar Examination Board by Archie Findlay SC, Durban Bar
- Page 160: Pupillage at the Durban Bar: the last twentyfive years by Chris Marnewick SC, Durban Bar
Reviews • Resensies
- Page 164: Mediation: Principles, Process and Practice by by Lawrence Boulle and Alan Rycroft,
reviewed by Roland Sutherland SC, Johannesburg Bar - Page 165: Malan on Bills of Exchange. Cheques and Promissory Notes in South African Law reviewed
by DG Tobias, Durban Bar - Page 165: The Law of Costs by A C Cilliers reviewed by MD Southwood, Durban Bar
- Page 166: The legal role of the Bill of Lading, Sea Waybill and Multi-modal Transport Document by
Carol Proctor reviewed by Angus Stewart, Durban Bar - Page 166: International Human Rights Standards (Volume I “Administration of Justice”) reviewed by
TR Gorvan, Pietermaritzburg Bar - Page 167: The Law of Documentary Letters of Credit in Comparative Perspective by A N Oelofse
reviewed by Chris Marnewick, Durbanse Balie - Page 168: Juta’s Law Reports of Namibia; Zimbabwe and The South African Law Reports –
Translations reviewed by John Middleton, Pretoria Bar