Personal:      
24 May 1957, Edenvale, Gauteng
 Three children
Education:
Matric: William Pescod Secondary School, Kimberley
 BA University of the Western Cape
 LLB University of the Western Cape
Professional History:
Legal Resources Centre: 1981 – 1995
 Regional Director: 1991 – 1994 
 Advocate: 1982 – 1995
 Senior Counsel: 1994
 Judge of High Court, Johannesburg: 1995 – 2000
 Member of Special Electoral Court: 1995 – 2000
 Chairperson, Legal Aid Board: 1998 – 2002
 Trustee, Legal Resources Trust: 1998 to 05 July 2018. Executive Member: 2001 
 Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Appeal: 2000 to date
 Acting Judge, Constitutional Court: February – May 2007
Publications, Awards, Honours and Other Activities:
Honorary Professor, University of the Western Cape: 2003
 Wrote foreword to Van der Merwe et al Contract General Principles 3 ed (2007)
