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Brief summary of experience:
· Completed two years of articles of clerkship at Bowman Gilfillan Attorneys (now trading as Bowmans);
· After being admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa, practised as an attorney at Bowman Gilfillan Attorneys for two years.
· Completed the customary year of pupillage at The Cape Bar under the mentorship of Adv. Wege van Niekerk.
· After admission as an Advocate of the High Court of South Africa and completion of pupillage at The Cape Bar (The General Council of the Bar), practised as a member of The Cape Bar for 5 years and 5 months and now (from the date of resignation - 31 March 2022, with effect from 1 May 2022 - from The Cape Bar) continues to practise as a member of the South African Bar Association as an Advocate, registered with the Legal Practice Council as a practising Advocate of the High Court of South Africa. Currently also the Chairman of the Executive Committee of High Court Chambers Cape Town.
Date of admission as an Attorney: 8 February 2014
Date of admission as an Advocate: 5 February 2016
Committees:
· Served as a member on the Judicial Service Appointment Committee of the Cape Bar for three consecutive years.
· Served as a trustee on the board of trustees of the Perspectives sectional title scheme body corporate for 9 consecutive years (this sectional title scheme is a large residential building with 174 apartments situated in the central business district of Cape Town).
Awards:
He received the following awards during his studies at the University of Johannesburg:
· The Chapter Award by the Golden Key International Honourary Society at the University of Johannesburg (award given to the top 3 students in the University of Johannesburg for their academic and extra-curricular work);
· The faculty of law prize for Private International Law;
· The René Bekker Attorneys prize for Insolvency Law;
· The Elsabe Steenhuizen prize for Applied Legal Studies (Clinical Component);
· The Phatshoane Henry Group Cum Laude Gold Medal;
· “Top achievers award” at the University of Johannesburg in 2007.