Cape Bar Contributed by Patrick Mackenzie
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bar news Cape Bar Contributed by Patrick MacKenzie THE CAPE BAR’S NEW SILKS by Dirk Coetsee he Cape Bar and its members are proud to report that the President conferred the Thonour of silk status to the following members during 2017 and 2018. AJAY BHOOPCHAND BRENTON JOSEPH GUY ELLIOTT Ajay Bhoopchand was born Brenton Joseph obtained a Guy Elliott joined the Jo- in Isipingo on the KwaZulu BA (Law) degree from the hannesburg Bar in 1991 Natal south coast. He com- University of the Witwa- after studying at the Uni- pleted his schooling there tersrand and an LLB degree versity of Cape Town. He before moving to Cape from the University of the also worked in Johannes- Town to study medicine and surgery at Western Cape. After graduating in 1994, burg at the JCI head office for two years the University of Cape Town. He prac- he served articles with the UWC Legal after completing national service. He tised as a medical doctor in the public and Aid Clinic after which he practised as moved back to Cape Town in 1998 where private sectors before beginning his stud- an attorney with Mallinicks Inc in Cape he joined the Cape Bar. He has a general ies in law, in successful pursuit of another Town. From April 2000 to March 2006, he commercial practice. Outside of the Bar, of his childhood ambitions. He joined served the Western Cape Education De- he enjoys mountain biking, watching the Cape Bar in 2004. He has served as partment as a Senior State Law Adviser. sport (cricket, rugby and athletics) and chairperson of Advocates for Transforma- He was admitted as a member of the Cape walking the dogs on the mountain and tion, Western Cape in 2009 and remains Bar in December 2006. He is married with beach. He has a weakness for fine reds a member of AFT. His other interests in- five children, enjoys cooking and playing from the Stellenbosch area. He and Emma clude wildlife and bird photography. the guitar. have three children. EWALD DE VILLIERS- DAVID MELUNSKY KARRISHA PILLAY JANSEN David matriculated at Karrisha has been practising Ewald De Villiers-Jansen St Andrew’s College in as an advocate at the Cape matriculated from Gordon Makhanda and thereafter Bar for the past 18 years. She Senior Secondary School completed a BA LLB at the undertakes work in a wide in Somerset West. He com- University of Cape Town. range of areas and has a pleted a B.Proc and LLB at the University He worked at the Legal Resources Centre particular interest in constitutional law. of the Western Cape and a Post Graduate and the Human Rights Trust in Port Eliza- Prior to beginning practice, Karrisha Diploma in Tax Law at the University of beth in the late ‘80s. After travelling in Eu- worked as a researcher at the Commu- Cape Town. rope and central Africa, broken by a stint nity Law Centre at the University of the Prior to joining the Bar in 1998, he of national service, he joined the Cape Western Cape. Karrisha has written on the worked as a Legal Adviser for Caltex Oil Bar, where he developed a practice of a subjects of socioeconomic rights, poverty (SA) (Pty) Ltd. broad commercial nature. He obtained an and the role and responsibilities of vari- Outside the Bar, he serves as the LLM (Marine Law) in 1998; assisted Judge ous organs of state. She has also co-edited Chancellor of the Diocese of False Bay Cooper with Road Transport; undertook a book entitled: Socio-Economic Rights in and on the Executive Committee of the editing for Juta; and trained candidate South Africa. Anglican Canon Law Council of Southern attorneys in High Court work. Formerly a Karrisha has served on the Boards of Africa. keen club cricketer and runner (five Com- several non-governmental organisations He and Hayley have two children, rades and 10 Two Oceans), he now tries and community-based organisations. Kelly and Alexander, and a grandson, to play masters’ hockey. He and Kim have She currently serves as a member of the Jadon. two sons and a daughter. Western Cape Provincial Council; is the vice-chairperson of the Cape Bar Council; and a member of the Board of the Dullah Omar Institute. Karrisha holds the following degrees: BA (Law) (UDW) LLB (UCT) LLM (UCT). Advocate December 2019 17 bar news Cape GRAHAM LESLIE PIETER BOTHA HANRI LOOTS Following an eventful Pieter Botha completed Hanri Loots grew up in the three years of university his LLB at the University Eastern Cape, and obtained in Pietermaritzburg, Gra- of Stellenbosch in Decem- his legal qualifications from ham Leslie moved to the ber 1986. He then joined Stellenbosch University. He relatively calmer pastures the Department of Justice completed articles at what of the University of Cape Town where as a prosecutor at Wynberg Magistrate’s used to be known as a small Cape Town he completed his LLB and, subsequently, Court. In 1992, he joined the staff of the law firm, which today would probably his LLM degrees. Before joining the Cape Attorney-General’s office in Cape Town. be called a boutique law firm. After five Bar in 2002, Graham worked in various In 1993, he was seconded to the Com- months of pupillage, Hanri joined the capacities in London, where it became mission of Enquiry into the Affairs of the Cape Bar in 2000. Because Alan Newton, clear to him that he was not cut out to be Masterbond Group of Companies, chaired in the pub of the then 5 Flies Restaurant a solicitor. Today, his practice is primarily by the Honourable Mr Justice Hennie Nel, (now Hanri’s chambers), said to him that in labour law and related areas, includ- to assist with the investigation, presenta- you must stick with a job for three years ing pension funds law. Graham is a keen tion of evidence and cross-examination of otherwise you look like a flake, Hanri did golfer and epicurean in the modern sense. witnesses. Pieter commenced practice at so, and is still at it after 19 years. Outside He and his wife Aymone (also at the Cape the Cape Bar in December 1995. His main of his life at the Bar, Hanri sails, plays Bar) have two children. areas of practice are criminal and commer- guitar, trail runs, and enjoys a good meal cial law, as well as delictual claims. Pieter with good wine and good friends. He is DAVID BORGSTRÖM is also an accredited commercial and civil married to Nicola Caine, has two children After studying at the Uni- mediator. He has four children; Andre, (Alexander and Sofia), and a dog called versity of Cape Town, David Bienke, Tessa and Jonathan. Willem. Borgström took a meander- ing journey before joining MIAS SCHREUDER FRED SIEVERS the Bar in January 2002. He Mias Schreuder matricu- Fred Sievers was raised travelled, taught at UCT, studied at Duke lated in 1976 from Nu- in Bizana in Eastern Pon- University (in the USA), served (part of) werus High School, just doland, which is located articles and clerked to Justice Laurie Ack- north of the Knersvlakte halfway between Izingol- ermann at the Constitutional Court. He in Namaqualand. He com- weni and Magusheni. He mainly practises in public law. He enjoys art pleted a BA and LLB at the University of attended Bizana Primary School where he and longs to be a wine snob, although he is Stellenbosch by the end of 1980, before was consistently first in his class. The only let down by a somewhat mediocre palate. being drafted into PW Botha’s army for other pupils in his class were the local jail- compulsory military service. Because he er’s twin daughters, Isobel and Phoebe. No RON PASCHKE was a graduate, he became a legal officer, one wore shoes to school; whatever clothes Ron Paschke obtained mostly involved in military court martials, they liked; and only had to cut their hair his BSc and LLB from the with all the privileges that accompanied for the school inspector’s irregular visits. University of Natal (Dur- the position of an officer at the time. From standard five to matric he attend- ban). Before joining the Prior to joining the Bar in 1992, Mias ed Kearsney College in Botha’s Hill as a Bar, he did articles in the practised as an attorney for seven years in boarder. He was not consistently top of the Constitutional Litigation Unit of the Legal the Strand. class; there were strict uniforms; and their Resources Centre, was the Legal Officer for A few years ago, Mias completed a hair was cut every two weeks. He preferred the SA Human Rights Commission, and Post Graduate Diploma in Economics for Bizana Primary and missed the twins. was the Director of Research and Technol- Competition Law at Kings College, Uni- Thereafter Fred studied at UCT, gradu- ogy in the Ministry of Justice. He joined the versity of London. ating with a BA LLB. He completed articles Cape Bar in 1999 and his main area of prac- His practice is primarily in commer- and practised as an attorney in Cape Town tice is public law. Ron has served on the Bar cial, environmental and administrative before working as a legal adviser to an Council and is an active member of several law. Outside of his work at the Bar, he insurance company. Bar Council committees. He strives for enjoys subjecting his family and his (few) He joined the Cape Bar in 1990 and has minimalism and enjoys integrating technol- friends to his rustic cooking efforts and been acting as a judge in the Western Cape ogy and systems thinking into his practice.