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