Personal:
 2 January 1952, Krugersdorp, Gauteng.
 Wife: Lynette Mary Ploos van Amstel
 Five children  
 Education:
 Matriculated at Welkom Gimnasium, Free State
 B.Iuris (1974) University of the Free State
 LLB (1977) University of South Africa
 Post Graduate Diploma in Maritime Law (1982) University of KwaZulu-Natal
 Professional History:
 Department of Justice: Prosecutor, Magistrate (Pinetown), Office of State Attorney (Durban)
 Advocate at Durban Bar: 1979 – 2011 
 Senior Counsel for eighteen years 
 Acting Judge; KwaZulu-Natal High Court: 1994-2011
 Appointed Judge; KwaZulu-Natal High Court: 2011
 Acting Judge; Supreme Court of Appeal, August to November 2017
 Other Activities:
 Member of KwaZulu-Natal Bar Council on three occasions: 1985-1997
 Chair of National Advocacy Training Committee: 1996 -1997
Chair of KwaZulu-Natal Society of Advocates: 1998-1999

