Personal:                      

29 July 1957, Bloemfontein, Free State                                                       

Wife: Alna

Three children

Education:

Matric: Kingswood College, Grahamstown

BA (Law) (1978) University of Stellenbosch

LLB (1980) University of Stellenbosch

Professional History:

Public Prosecutor: Kempton Park (Gauteng) and Stanger (KZN): 1981-1983.

Practising Advocate: Eastern Cape Society of Advocates: 1984.

Senior Counsel: Eastern Cape Society of Advocates: 1998.

Acting Judge: High Court (Eastern Cape Division): August 1999, November 1999, October 2002, August 2006, March/April 2008, July/August 2009.

Judge: High Court, Eastern Cape Division:  2010.

Judge of Special Tribunal April 2019 to present

Acting Judge: Supreme Court of Appeal:  October - November 2015.

Acting Judge: Supreme Court of Appeal: December 2018 – May 2019.

Acting Judge: Supreme Court of Appeal: October 2019 – May 2020.

Acting Judge: Supreme Court of Appeal: June 2020 – November 2020.

Publications, Awards, Honours and Other Activities:

Honorary Secretary, Eastern Cape Society of Advocates: 1987-1989.

Member, Bar Council of the East Cape Society of Advocates: 1995 – 2003.

Deputy Chair, Eastern Cape Society of Advocates: 1999 and 2001.

Chair Eastern Cape Society of Advocates: 2000 and 2002.

Member, National Executive of the General Council of the Bar: 2002 – 2009.

Deputy Chair, General Council of the Bar: 2004 – 2006.

Chair, General Council of the Bar: 2006 -2008.

Member, International Bar Association: 2005 – 2009.

Councillor, International Bar Association: 2006 – 2008.

Member, National Bar Examinations Board:  2005 to date.

Chair, Editorial Committee of “Advocate”: 2008 – 2009.

Honorary Vice-President, General Council of the Bar.