Personal:

13 February 1974, Cape Town

Married 

Three children

Education:

Matric: Belgravia High School, Athlone Cape Town (1991)

BA (Law): Unversity of Western Cape (1994)

LLB: Unversity of Western Cape (1996)

School for Legal Practice: Unversity of Cape Town (1997)

Professional History: 

Candidate Attorney: (July 1997 – June 1998), E. Moosa, Waglay and Petersen Attorneys, Athlone, Cape Town

Admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa: (July 1998)

Professional Associate: (July 1998 – September 1999), E. Moosa, Waglay and Petersen Attorneys, Cape Town

Practice for own account: (October 1999 to 2014), Wynberg, Cape Town

Acting Judge: Western Cape High Court of South Africa: July 2013 – December 2014

Judge: Western Cape High Court of South Africa: 2015

Acting Judge: Supreme Court of Appeal; 1 April 2022 – 30 November 2022.

Other Activities: 

IMSSA: Independent Mediation Service of South Africa- Voter Education

Tutor: Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape (1994 – 1996)

Lecturer: Cape Law Society Legal Training

Street Law Project ‘Democracy for All’: University of the Western Cape – Trainer

Department of Correctional Services: Literacy Project for offenders and rehabilitation projects (2019)

National Family Law Webinar: Presented paper on ‘The Voice of the child in our Democracy’ (2021)