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BAR COUNCIL

COUNCIL MEMBERS

Chair:

M J Engelbrecht SC


Vice Chair:

A Hassim SC

Senior Members:

M S Baloyi SC

G W Girdwood SC

G I Hulley SC

G B Rome SC

P G Seleka SC

F Southwood SC

Junior Members:

G Badela

L Bedhesi

L Franck

D J Mahon

N N Makhaye

N Mayet

V T Seboko

D W Watson

Honorary Secretary:

L Laughland

Assistant Secretary:

S Lindazwe

Administrative Officer:

Maria Ferreira

JOHANNESBURG BAR COUNCIL COMMITTEES 2023/2024

SILKS COMMITTEE:

Chair: M J Engelbrecht (Chairperson)

A Hassim SC (Vice-Chairperson)

M S Baloyi SC

G W Girdwood SC

G I Hulley SC

G B Rome SC

P G Seleka SC

F Southwood SC

TREASURY COMMITTEE:

Chair: A Hassim SC

N Deeplal

T Halgryn

N Luthuli

D Mahon

J Pretorius

D Smit

T Seroto

K Van Heerden

HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE:

Chair: P G Seleka SC

S Khumalo SC

N Ali

L Franck

P Verveen

D Wijnbeek

LIBRARY COMMITTEE:

Chair: N Mayet

S Cohen

L Du Bruyn

J Maisela

X Matyolo

O Motlhasedi

Y Ntloko

J Pretorius

D Smith

D Wijnbeek

HIGH COURT AND ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE:

Chair: G B Rome SC

G Benson

A Cajee

M Cooke

M Costa

RJ de Beer

C Gibson

B Gilbert

M Glaeser

JL Khan

Z Khan

I Learmonth

L Liphoto

S Mahomed

N Mayet

T Monene

N Nyembe

Gi Olwagen-Meyer

A Pullinger

R Shepstone

LvR van Tonder

PUPILAGE AND ADVOCACY TRAINING COMMITTEE:

Chair: F Southwood SC

M Le Roux SC (advisor to committee)

B Makola SC (advisor to committee)

V Rikhotso (Secretary)

A Saldulker (Secretary)


PUPILLAGE

G Hulley SC

L Bedhesi

F Bezuidenhout

J Chanza

N Ferreira

M Glaeser

N Manaka

C McConnachie

Gi Olwagen-Meyer


ADVOCACY TRAINING

S Shangisa SC

P Bosman

J Khan

A Louw

B Manentsa

T Mathopo

J Meiring

N Muvangua



BURSARY:

C Georgiades SC

C de Villiers-Golding

N Deeplal

K Mokotedi



LPC:

N Tee

A Cajee

RECERTIFICATION:

AA de Wet SC

V Boodhoo

T Halgryn

Y Ntloko

J Pretorius

T Seroto

PROFESSIONAL AND FEES COMMITTEE::

Chair: G W Girdwood SC

  E Dunn SC

  L M Malan SC

  E Mokutu SC

  T N Ngcukaitobi SC

  J M Berger

  L S Crow

  E Eksteen

  A Govender

  T Govender

  F S Hobden

  WDF Isaaks

  D J Mahon

  MH Mhambi

  TK Manyage

  M Mostert

  L v R Van Tonder

HOUSING AND MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE:

Chair: D J Mahon

S Shangisa SC

L Franck

N Kekana


TRANSFORMATION AND PRO BONO COMMITTEE:

Chair: G I Hulley SC

W A de Beer

A Govender

R Kruger

N P Mncube

M Mpakanyane

P Ngcongo

Y S Ntloko

R Peterson

F Sagoni

X Stylianou




HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE:

Chair: G Goedhart SC

A Gotz SC

A Cajee (Vice-Chair)

C Bekker (Secretary)

U Ahir

O Ben-Zeev

J Berger

D Block

K Boshomane

I Cloete

S Cohen

R Kruger

C Louis

D Madiba

J Maisela

C Makhajane

M Makoti

P Managa

S Mayet

C McConnachie

S Mohamed

R Peterson

M Pinder

H Pretorius

J Pretorius

K Randall

N Ruhinda

M Salukazana

T Seroto

N Stein

H van Nieuwenhuizen

D Wijnbeek




YOUNG BAR COMMITTEE:

Chair: N N Makhaye

R Bekker

N Deeplal

W Isaaks

N Kakaza

JS Langa

C Louis

SM Mamoepa

C Marule

O Motlhasedi

RV Mudau

T Ngakane

M Pinder

JF Pretorius

T Snyders

BENEVOLENT FUND COMMITTEE:

Chair: Sesi Baloyi SC

R Mkhabela SC

E Eksteen

L Laughland

Y Ntloko

J Pretorius

T Seroto

JUDICIAL CANDIDATES REVIEW COMMITTEE:

Chair: R Pearse SC

V Notshe SC

L Acker

C Bekker

J Berger

C Bester

I Cloete

C Dreyer

A Govender

K Hardy

L Laughland

I Learmonth

A Louw

J Maisela

M Makoti

G Marriott

Z Matondo

M Mhambi

E Mkhawane

S Mohapi

A Molver

T Mphahlane

R Naidoo

L Nyangiwe

K Premhid

J Pretorius

T Qhali

N Ruhinda

Y Saloojee

T Seroto

S Sethene

J Snijders

N Stein

L Swandle

R Tulk

D Watson

BRIEFING PATTERNS COMMITTEE:

Chair: G Badela

Deputy: S Mapoma SC

 S Baloyi SC

 S J Gumbi

 Z Hoosen

 J Maisela

 S Mamoepa

 N P Mncube (Secretary)

 R V Mudau

 S Nelani

 T Ngakane

 P M P Ngcongo

 J F Pretorius

T R Seroto

SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMMITTEE:

Chair: M Le Roux SC

R Mkhabela SC

B Brammer MU Coovadia

Z Cornelissen

M Dafel

A Dipa

H Drake

T Govender

K Hardy

P Khoza

E Kromhout

M Lekoane

L Mokgoroane

RM Nxumalo

R Peterson

L Phasha

J Potter

N Rambachan-Naidoo

DM Smith

XC Stemela

R Tulk

JSA PUBLICATION COMMITTEE:

Chair: J J Meiring

J Gautschi SC

L Acker

A Bevilacqua

S Cohen

U Dayanand-Jugroop

M Lengane

B Letuka

C Louis

A Louw

J Maisela

S Mathe

T Mathopo

S Mhlongo

L Mokgoroane

J Moorcroft

K Motla

S Nelani

M Nxumalo

B Potsane

H Rajah

M Salukazana

S Scott

L Siyo

S Subroyen

D Watson

R Willis

ABOUT US

Johannesburg Society of Advocates – South Africa

In a number of jurisdictions in the world today there are professional societies of lawyers who call themselves ‘barristers’ or ‘advocates’, and who hold themselves out as specialists in the skill of advocating the causes of their clients in courts of law. Examples are England, Wales, Scotland, the various states and territories of Australia (Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory), New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and also South Africa.


Each of these societies has its own peculiar rules, but they all subscribe, by and large, to three principles: that they practice independently; that they practice mainly upon referral by another professional; and that they regulate their own affairs. Self-regulation by legal practitioners of their own affairs is recognised by the United Nations Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers, endorsed by the General Assembly in 1990: ‘Lawyers shall be entitled to form and join self-governing professional associations to represent their interests, promote their continuing education and training, and protect their professional integrity. The executive body of the professional associations shall be elected by its members and shall exercise its function without external interference’. The intrinsic value underlying this approach is that lawyers and judges provide the first line of defence against human rights violations and are vulnerable to pressure and attacks for the discharge of their professional duties. The legal profession is today the only profession which is singled out for protection by the international community, through the United Nations, in the form of endorsing minimum standards of guarantees which member states are obliged to provide in their domestic legislation.


In South Africa, the earliest record of a practising advocate, is that of Jacob van Heurn, who was admitted in 1688 as an advocate and a notary in the Cape. Some 99 years ago, on 7th June 1902, the Constitution of the Order of Advocates of the Transvaal was adopted in Pretoria. That society included advocates who practised also in Johannesburg, and that date is regarded as the birthday of the Johannesburg Bar. There are today more than 2000 practising advocates in South Africa. More than 90% of them are members of societies of advocates at the major centres such as Pretoria, Johannesburg, Pietermaritzburg, Durban, Bisho, Grahamstown, Port Elizabeth, Bloemfontein, Kimberley, Mafikeng, and Cape Town. These societies are all affiliated to the General Council of the Bar of South Africa.


In Johannesburg most advocates belong to a voluntary association, the name of which is the Johannesburg Society of the Advocates. This is the largest Bar in South Africa and it has approximately 600 members, practising in chambers held either in the city centre, or in Sandton. In the city centre, members practice in Innes Chambers and Schreiner Chambers. In Sandton, they practice in Sandown Village, Maisels Chambers, and The Chambers. Members may only practice in venues approved by the Bar Council.


The affairs of the Johannesburg Bar are regulated by a Bar Council of 16 members, elected annually. One half of the Bar Council is required to consist of members of previously disadvantaged groups.

LIST OF CHAIRMEN AND SECRETARIES

LIST OF CHAIRMEN AND SECRETARIES
Year Chairman Secretary
1908 A E BALFOUR B AURET
1909 C G WARD, KC F ADLER
1910 C G WARD, KC F ADLER
1911 E ESSELEN, KC C T BLAKEWAY
1912 E ESSELEN, KC G B SOLOMON
1913 C JEPPE J V BRINK
1914 J STRATFORD, KC R NORMAN
1915 M NATHAN, KC J TAYLOR
1916 E ESSELEN, KC P MILLIN
1917 J STRATFORD, KC G A MULLIGAN
1918 F E KRAUSE, KC GEY CAN PITTIUS
1919 MORICE, KC N ROSENBERG
1920 C F STALLARD, KC G L HUTCHINSON

R HONEY
Year Chairman Secretary
1921 C F STALLARD, KC O D SCHREINER
1922 C F STALLARD, KC W M RAMS BOTTOM
1923 C F STALLARD, KC H RISSIK
1924 C F STALLARD, KC G DAVIS
1925 MANFRED NATHAN, KC A A HOPE
1926 MANFRED NATHAN, KC J D KRIGE
1927 S SOLOMON, KC J G STRAUSS
1928 S S TAYLOR, KC H J CLAYDEN
1929 S S TAYLOR, KC C JOOSTE
1930 P MILLIN, KC V TUCKER
1931 P MILLIN, KC S KUPER
1932 P MILLIN, KC I A MAISELS
1933 P MILLIN, KC J D SCHWARTZ
1934 P MILLIN, KC J D SCHWARTZ
1935 P MILLIN, KC A SUZMAN
1936 P MILLIN, KC F LANDAU
1937 P MILLIN, KC (until Sept.)

C T BLAKEWAY, KC (after Sept.)
A FISCHER
Year Chairman Secretary
1938 F A LUCAS, KC WG TROLLIP
1939 F A LUCAS, KC W C McEWAN
1940 F A LUCAS, KC C V MARGO
1941 F A LUCAS, KC L E M GOLDSMID
1942 F A LUCAS, KC C J M NATHAN
1943 F A LUCAS, KC AD DAVIDSON
1944 F A LUCAS, KC J M T BLAKEWAY
1945 F A LUCAS, KC P M CILLIE
1946 F A LUCAS, KC E E VAN DER POL
1947 F A LUCAS, KC L LAZAR
1948 F A LUCAS, KC J D CLOETE
1949 F A LUCAS, KC E F TOBLER
1950 B A ETTLINGER, KC A M HOFMEYR
1951 A F WILLIAMSON, KC G G A MUNNIK
1952 I A MAISELS, QC B L S FRANKLIN
1953 B A ETTLINGER, QC J BROWDE
1954 W POLLAK, QC R N LEON
1955 W POLLAK, QC W H R SCHREINER
1956 I A MAISELS, QC A P O'DOWD
1957 W POLLAK, QC D J B OSBORN
1958 I A MAISELS, QC C PLEWMAN
1959 W POLLAK, QC D J OSBORN
1960 B A ETTLINGER, QC (until Jan.)

I A MAISELS, QC (after Jan)
H NESTADT
Year Chairman Secretary
1961 A FISCHER, QC V T PIENAAR
1962 G COLEMAN, QC H SHAKENOVSKY
1963 H C NICHOLAS, SC A M KRUGER
1964 G P C KOTZE, SC C KINKHORN
1965 M H FESTENSTEIN, QC J C KRIEGLER
1966 R S WELSH, QC C Z COHEN
1967 H J HANSON, QC W P SCHUTZ
1968 G A COETZEE, QC J H COETZEE
1969 H ROTHSCHILD, SC R J GOLDSTONE
1970 N PHILIPS, QC D C WEAVIND
1971 H ROTHSCHILD, SC P A HATTINGH
1972 W H R SCHREINER, SC M B LANE
1973 S KENTRIDGE, SC M S STEGMAN
1974 W H R SCHREINER, SC J H CONRADIE
1975 J F COAKER, SC E A MATTHIS
1976 A CHASKALSON, SC R H ZULMAN
1977 J C KRIEGLER, SC J C LABUSCHAGNE
1978 J F COAKER, SC J F MYBURGH
1979 W H R SCHREINER, SC A M GOTTLIEB
1980 J C KRIEGLER, SC S F BURGER
1981 J BROWDE, SC P A SOLOMON
1982 A CHASKALSON, SC S A DANILOWITZ
1983 E M WENTZEL, SC P E STREICHER
Year Chairman Secretary
1984 J C KRIEGLER, SC (until Feb)

W H R SCHREINER, SC (after Feb.)
R M WISE
1985 J BROWDE, SC D M FINE
1986 E M WENTZEL, SC (until Feb.)

R H ZULMAN, SC (after Feb.)
W H TRENGOVE
Year Chairman Secretary
1987 M D KUPER, SC M TSELENTIS
1988 M D KUPER, SC P COETSEE
1989 M B LABE, SC Z F JOUBERT
1990 L I GOLDBLATT, SC A KRUGER
1991 J F MYBURGH, SC R T SUTHERLAND
1992 S F BURGER, SC J M SUTTNER
1993 W H TRENGOVE, SC J STRAUSS
1994 M TSELENTIS, SC K TIP
1995 M KUPER, SC G BORCHERS
1996 D M FINE, SC I HUSSAIN
1997 J R GAUTSCHI, SC R MOERMAN
1998 G FARBER, SC A v d MERWE/ B LEECH
1999 R SUTHERLAND, SC J CANE (MS)
2000 N CASSIM, SC P MTSHAULANA
2001 W H G v d LINDE, SC F KATHREE
2002 A P JOUBERT SC J JOYNER
2003 H S EPSTEIN SC A M VAN
DER MERWE Ms
2004 A SUBEL SC G M GOEDHART
2005 I A M SEMENYA SC Z KHAN
2006 I A M SEMENYA SC Z KHAN
2007 G C PRETORIUS SC C DREYER Ms
2008 G C PRETORIUS SC C DREYER Ms
2009 I A M SEMENYA SC (until May)

H S EPSTEIN SC (after May)
S YACOOB Ms
Year Chairman Secretary
2010 W L WEPENER SC J PARTINGTON
2011 R BEDHESI SC A GOVERNDER
2012 C WATT-PRINGLE SC K JELE
2013 W MOKHARI SC S MATHABATHE
2014 P F LOUW SC KS MCLEAN
2015 D C MPOFU SC K MHANGO
2016 J M A CANE SC H GRAY
2017 S J R MOGAGABE SC Z GUMEDE
2018 I P GREEN SC GI-GI OLWAGEN-MEYER
2019 K PILLAY SC P JAGGANATH
2020 N K TSATSAWANE SC A SALDULKER
2021 M S BALOYI SC R NAIDOO
2022 C VAN DER MERWE SC L LEEUW
2023 P G SELEKA SC L BEDHESI
2024 M J ENGELBRECHT SC L LAUGHLAND


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