Personal

19 June 1958 
Wife: Brenda
Two children

 

Education

Matric: Bridgetown High School, Athlone

B Proc (1982) University of South Africa
LLB (1986) University of South Africa
LLM (1988) University of Cape Town
LLM (1991) Harvard University

PG-Dip (Theol) (Cum Laude) - University of Stellenbosch 2019
                             

Professional History

Articles of Clerkship, Cape Town: 1983 - 1985
Prosecutor, Cape Town: 1986
Magistrate, Cape Town: 1986 – 1987
Attorney, Cape Town: 1988 – 1990

Fulbright Scholarship: Harvard Law School: 1990
Attorney, Washington DC: 1991 – 1993
Attorney and Counsellor at Law, New York: 1995

Member of the New York Bar: 1995 - present
Advocate, Cape Bar: June 1993 – December 2012
Senior Counsel: 15 February 2004

Chair, Cape Bar Council: 2004 – 2006
Acting Judge, Western Cape High Court: 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011.
Judge, Western Cape High Court: 15 February 2013
Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 01 November 2016 – 31 May 2018.

Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 June 2018 – date.

 

Publications

LLM Thesis: The extent of rights under the SOEKOR leases, UCT 1988