Personal:

20 December 1950, Pietermaritzburg
Wife:  Anne Swain
Two Children

Education:

Matric: Maritzburg College, Pietermaritzburg
BSc - University of Natal (PMB) 1972
LLB Cum Laude, University of Natal (PMB) 1975
LLB (First Class), University of Cambridge 1977
LLM (LLB redesignated as LLM), University of Cambridge 1985

Professional History:

Admitted as an Advocate 1975
Practised as an Advocate at the Pietermaritzburg Bar 1977 - 2003
Appointed Senior Counsel 1993
Acting Judge KwaZulu-Natal High Court periodically from 1998 10 2003
Judge, KwaZulu-Natal High Court 1 November 2003
Acting Judge Competition Appeal Court periodically from 2012 to 2014
Acting Judge Supreme Court of Appeal 15/10/2012 to 31/5/2014
Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Appeal 1 June 2014 to 2020

Awards, Honours and Other Activities:

1975 Attorneys, Notaries and Conveyancers Fidelity Fund bursary for post-graduate study at Cambridge University
1978 - 1980 Part-time lecturer, University of Natal PMB - Public International Law, Law of Evidence - External examiner Law of Evidence.
Member Bar Council, Society of Advocates, KZN
Vice Chairman PMB Bar 1995 - 1997

Vice Chairman Society of Advocates KZN 1999 - 2001