Personal:

13 February 1954

Partner: Gillian Becks

Education:

BA (1975) University of Natal (Pietermaritzburg)

LLB (1977) University of Natal (Pietermaritzburg)

Professional History:

Admitted as advocate of the High Court of Rhodesia (September 1978)

Public Prosecutor and State Advocate, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (December 1977 -1981)

Senior Public Prosecutor, Bulawayo, and Attorney-General’s representative in Matabeleland and West Midlands (1981)

Articled clerk at Francis Thompson & Aspden, Cape Town (1982-83)

Admitted as attorney of the Supreme Court of South Africa (January 1984)

Professional Assistant at Francis Thompson & Aspden, Cape Town (1984)

Admitted as advocate of the Supreme Court of South Africa (13 February 1985)

Practising advocate at the Cape Bar, Cape Town (July 1985 - September 2009)

Appointed Senior Counsel (November 2000)

Acting Judge in the Cape Provincial Division for various periods between January 2001 and June 2009.

Judge of the High Court of South Africa, Western Cape Division (12 October 2009)

Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal (1 October 2023 -30 November 2023)

Other Activities

Small Claims Court Commissioner (1993-2005)

Member of Cape Bar Council (2004-2005)

Vice Chairperson, Cape Bar Council (2005-2007)

Chairperson, Cape Bar Council (2007-2008)

Executive member, General Council of the Bar of South Africa (2008-2009)

Advocacy trainer (2010-2022)

Publications:

‘Lost in translation: The need for the judicious use of comparative law’, 2017 (2) JCCL&P 1.