Personal:

26 December 1953, Durban

Wife: Kathryn Rita Olsen

Three children

Education:

Matric: Hilton College, 1970

BA (1973) University of Natal

LLB (1975) University of Natal

Professional History:

Articles of Clerkship, 1976 – 1977

Attorney, 1978 – 1979

Advocate KZN Bar, 1979 – 2014

Senior Counsel, 1994

Acting Judge, KwaZulu-Natal High Court: 1/8/2000 to 3/9/2000; 15/7/2002 to 17/7/2002; 13/4/2004 to 16/5/2004; 28/2/2005 to 3/4/2005; 21/5/2012 to 1/7/2012; 3/3/2014 to 30/3/2014; 14/4/2014 to 31/5/2014.

Judge, KwaZulu-Natal High Court: 1/06/2014

Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 1/12/2022 - 31/03/2023

Other Activities: 

Society of Advocates of KwaZulu-Natal: Secretariat: 1984 to 1986

Member of Bar Council: 1988 to 1990; 2005 to 2007.

Chair of Bar Council: 2008 to 2010.

General Council of the Bar of South Africa:

Chair of Ethics Committee: 1997 to 2008.

Member ad hoc Committee on the Legal Practice Bill: 2010 to 2014.

Member of the Council of the University of Durban Westville: 2003.

Member of the Council of the University of KwaZulu-Natal: 2004 to 2012