PVT lecturers

Occupation
Research fellow at Sakeliga’s Centre for Constitutional Dynamics since 2022

Field/s of specialisation
Constitutional law

Background/experience in lecturing
Professor of public law at the University of Pretoria from 2004 to 2022 
Appointed as Professor Emeritus at the University of Pretoria in September 2022 
Lecturer in practical legal training at Justice College, the training arm of the Department of Justice, from 1991 to 1999 
Senior lecturer at Vista University from 2000 to 2003

Number of years in practice
State Prosecutor from 1985 to 1990
Magistrate from 1990 to 1999
Has consistently maintained close ties with practice after joining academia

Academic- and practice qualifications and achievements
BA (Political Sciences) at the University of Pretoria in 1978 
BA Hons (Political Sciences) at the University of Pretoria in 1980 
Biuris at the University of South Africa in 1984 
LLB at the University of South Africa in 1988 
LLD at the University of South Africa in 2001

Published works 
Politocracy: An Assessment of the Coercive Logic of the Territorial State and Ideas Around a Response to it (Pretoria University Law Press 2011)
There is no Supreme Constitution: A Critique of Statist-individualist Constitutionalism (African SUN 2019)
Studente-inleiding tot die Konstitusionele Reg (FAK 2022) (Co-authored by Ilze Grobbelaar du Plessis) 
Author of numerous articles and publications in the popular media

Occupation
Practicing advocate of the High Court of South Africa since 2021
Accredited mediator since 2021
Lecturer since 2021

Field/s of specialisation
Constitutional law
Cybercrimes
Civil procedure
Criminal procedure
Urgent applications
Criminal law
Family law
Mediation

Background/experience in lecturing
Lecturer, content writer, module co-ordinator, and module lead at Eduvos since 2023 
Course and webinar presenter at the South African Legal Academy in 2023 
Guest lecturer at the University of Pretoria since 2023

Number of years in practice
Admitted as an advocate in 2021

Academic- and practice qualifications and achievements
SS Law at the University of Pretoria and the Pretoria Society of Advocates in 2014
BA (Law) at the University of Pretoria in 2017
Mediation course through the Family Life Centre in 2018 
Advanced psychology training for mediators with FAMSA in 2018
Trial advocacy course with the Pretoria Society of Advocates in 2019
Trial advocacy course with the Pretoria Attorneys Association in 2020
Trial advocacy course with the Black Lawyers Association in 2020
Civil Mediation Course with the Law Society of South Africa 2021
LLB at the University of Pretoria in 2020
Employment and labour law: How to chair a disciplinary hearing through Mosebetsi Labour in 2022
LLM (Procedural Law) at the University of Pretoria in 2023
Mediation & Court-Annexed Mediation at ADR Network SA in 2025 
Module lead training at Eduvos in 2025

Occupation
Attorney at Clarke & Van Eck Attorneys since 2010

Field/s of specialisation
General litigation 
Family law 
Criminal law 
Legal costs

Background/experience in lecturing
Various presentations, for example, on POPIA

Number of years in practice
Admitted as an attorney in 2006

Academic- and practice qualifications and achievements
BCom (Law) at the University of Pretoria in 2002 
Legal officer at the Legal Aid head office from 2003 to 2004 
LLB at the University of Pretoria in 2004 
Law School at the University of Pretoria in 2005 
Admitted as an attorney in 2006 
Candidate attorney and professional assistant at Riaan Oosthuysen Attorneys from 2005 to 2008 
Professional assistant at Van Greunen Attorneys from 2009 to 2010 
Court-annexed mediation certificate at the ADR Network SA in 2021 
Certified as mediator in (no specific area)
On the examination committee of the LPC since 2020
On the disciplinary committee of the LPC since 2018

Occupation
Leader of the Solutions Task Team of the Association for the Protection of Road Accident Victims (APRAV) since 2014

Field/s of specialisation
Third-party compensation (personal injury) and competition

Background/experience in lecturing
Practical experience in dealing with road crash-related personal injury claims 
Appointed as lecturer at the Pretoria Technikon in 1981 
Part-time lecturer in intellectual property at the University of Pretoria in 1982
Senior lecturer in the department of mercantile law in 1988 (third-party compensation and company law) 
Associate professor at the University of Pretoria in 1991 
Professor at the University of Pretoria in 1994
Member of the department of private law at the University of Pretoria in 2009
Appointed as Professor Emeritus of private law at the University of Pretoria in 2010
Retired in 2011

Number of years in practice
Full-time attorney and partner of a law firm for 7 years before becoming an academic 
Part-time practice for own account since 1982

Academic- and practice qualifications and achievements
LLB at the University of Free State in 1970
Articles of clerkship with the state attorney in Bloemfontein from 1971 to 1973,
Admitted as attorney in 1975
Part-time practitioner specialising in third-party claims and intellectual property since 1982
Admitted and practicing notary public since 1982
Admitted and practicing conveyancer since 1977
Prosecutor at the Department of Constitutional Development
Acting presiding officer at the Department of Constitutional Development

Published works 
The Law of Third Party Compensation 5ed (LexisNexis)
Practitioner’s Guide to the RAF (a loose-leaf publication updated each semester) 
Law of Damages (LexisNexis 2017)
Originator of LexisNexis Quantum of Damages: Non-Patrimonial Loss (Lexis Nexis 2017)
Gave testimony at the Melamet Commission of Inquiry into the MMF (1983) and the Road Accident Fund Commission (2002)
He has published widely and more recently in De Rebus on matters concerning third-party claims

Occupation
Practicing advocate of the High Court of South Africa since 2012

Field/s of specialisation
Commercial litigation with a specific focus on consumer protection law, contractual law, and insolvency law

Background/experience in lecturing
Lectured business enterprises law at Varsity College
Lectures to pupil members of the Pretoria Society of Advocates and involved in practical training of pupil members

Number of years in practice
Admitted as an advocate of the High Court of South Africa on 6 March 2012

Academic- and practice qualifications and achievements
LLB, cum laude, at the North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus) in 2011 
Member of the Pretoria Society of Advocates since October 2012 as a practicing advocate 
LLM (Civil Procedural Law) at the University of Pretoria in 2016
LLM (International Business Law) at the Danube Krems University for Continuing Education (Austria) in 2022

Occupation/s
Senior Consultant at A L Maree Incorporated, Clarke & Van Eck Attorneys and Duane Marais Attorneys since 2016 
Managing Director at Pieterse & Curlewis Incorporated for 15 years
Prosecutor in many different courts and various divisions
Senior Associate at Rooth & Wessels Attorneys in private practice for 5 years

Field/s of specialisation
Criminal law 
Procedural law (criminal and civil) 
Law of evidence
Disciplinary and labour law
Alternative dispute resolution law

Background/experience in lecturing
Lecturer at the Institute of Valuers since 2000 
Extra-ordinary lecturer and examiner at the University of Pretoria for both undergraduate and postgraduate students from 2006 to 2017  
Senior lecturer at the University of Pretoria since 2017 (supervised many master's and/or doctoral students)
Part-time lecturer at, inter alia, Akademia, Stadio, Belgium-Campus, TUT and various Law Schools in South Africa
Part-time lecturer at the NWU, LEAD/LSSA and UP Enterprises (since 1995) in numerous law subjects
Regular speaker on law topics on national and international conferences as well as television, radio and other social platforms 
Member of the Roundtable of the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford in the UK

Number of years in practice
Admitted as an advocate in 1995
Admitted as an attorney in 1997
Appraiser of the DoJ and CD since 2004 for the districts of both Pretoria and Wonderboom
Admitted as notary public in 2008
Defence counsel of the ICC in the Hague, Netherlands 
Commissioner of the small claims court since 2011
Acting Judge of the High Court on numerous occasions

Academic- and practice qualifications and achievements
BLC at the University of Pretoria in 1992
LLB at the University of Pretoria in 1994
LLM (Procedural Law), cum laude, at the University of Pretoria in 1996
LLM (Commercial Law) at the University of South Africa in 2000
LLM (Labour Law) at the University of Pretoria in 2012 
LLD (Criminal Law) at the University of Pretoria in 1999
Advanced Certificate in Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination, cum laude, at the University of Pretoria in 1999 
Advanced Diploma in Alternative Dispute Resolution (AFSA), cum laude, in 2019
Awarded numerous awards for achievements in the profession
Served the legal profession and numerous other professional bodies, tribunals, boards and committees at all levels and in the highest leadership capacities both locally and internationally 
Currently deputy chair of the National Legal Practice Council and co-chair of the BRICS+ NeLi
Author of numerous law textbooks and published articles

Occupation
Freelance academic and lecturer at various institutions

Field/s of specialisation
Labour law
Alternative dispute resolution law
Social security law

Background/experience in lecturing
Junior lecturer at the University of Pretoria from 1993 to 1995 
Full professor in labour law at the University of South Africa from 2003 to 2014 
Contract lecturer at the University of Johannesburg LLM Programme from 2016 to 2018
Contract lecturer at the University of South Africa from 2019 to 2020 
Promoter for 5 LLD students at UNISA between 2008 to 2023
External examiner for various universities 
Part-time lecturer for various tertiary institutions (Varsity College, Midrand Graduate Institute, Pearson College, UJ, UP (Enterprises), UNISA SBL, UNISA)

Number of years in practice
Admitted as an attorney in 1998 
Practiced intermittently for 13 years

Academic- and practice qualifications and achievements
BLC, cum laude, at the University of Pretoria in 1993 
LLB at the University of Pretoria in 1995 
Advanced Diploma in Labour Law at the University of Johannesburg in 1998 
LLM (Labour Law) at the University of South Africa in 2000 
LLD (Labour and Social Security Law) at the University of South Africa in 2005 
Certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution, cum laude, at AFSA and the University of Pretoria in 2013 
Admitted as attorney, conveyancer, and notary public of the High Court of South Africa in 1997 
Candidate attorney at Van der Merwe Du Toit Attorneys from 1996 to 1997
Attorney at Van der Merwe Du Toit Attorneys from 1998 to 2001
Attorney at AH Dekker Attorneys from 2014 to 2020
Consultant at Wehncke & Parsons Inc. from 2023 to 2025

Published works 
Assistant editor and co-author: McGregor M, Dekker AH, Budeli M, Manamela ME, Manamela TE, Tshoose CI, Germishuys-Burchell W Labour Law Rules! (Siber Ink) 4ed (Juta 2012) 
'Informal Social Security' in Olivier MP, Smit N & Kalula ER Social Security: A Legal Analysis (LexisNexis 2003)
‘Other Legislation Affecting Labour Law’ in Basson AC et al Essential Labour Law 5ed 2009 MACE Labour Law Publication
Numerous articles published in accredited academic journals 
Numerous papers presented at national and international conferences

Occupation
Programme administrator at Gawie le Roux Institute of Law since 2024

Field/s of specialisation
Financial management sciences, which include risk management, advanced management accounting, managing performance, strategic management and financial strategy

Background/experience in lecturing
Worked in corporate finance for a year before joining the Gawie le Roux team 
Previously worked for One Capital’s sponsor division, which ensured clients complied with the JSE Listings Requirements, Debt Listings Requirements as well as the Companies Act and Companies Regulations
Drafted and published Stock Exchange News Services (SENS) announcements for clients and ensured that all published interim and year-end results complied with the JSE Listings Requirements
Lecturer at Gawie le Roux Institute of Law since 2025

Academic- and practice qualifications and achievements
BCom (Law) majoring in financial management and business accounting at the University of Pretoria in 2023 
Currently pursuing a BCom Honours degree in financial management sciences at the University of Pretoria

Occupation
Lecturer at Gawie le Roux Institute of Law since 2019

Field/s of specialisation
Conveyancing
Notarial practice
Wills 
Attorney’s bookkeeping

Background/experience in lecturing
Lecturer at Gawie le Roux Institute of Law since 2019

Number of years in practice
Admitted as an attorney in 2016
Admitted as a conveyancer in 2017
Admitted as a notary public in 2018

Academic- and practice qualifications and achievements
LLB at the University of South Africa in 2014 
Candidate attorney at Velile Tinto Attorneys from 2014 to 2016 
Associate at Velile Tinto Attorneys from 2016 to 2019

Occupation
Attorney since 2012, notary, and conveyancer since 2017
Director at Philip Cilliers Inc. since 2024

Field/s of specialisation
Deceased estate administration
Taxes relating to estates
Estate planning and structuring

Background/experience in lecturing
External examiner and moderator for LLB students at the University of Pretoria in Trusts and Estates (TBS410)
External examiner and moderator for LLM (Estate Law) students at the University of Pretoria in administration of estates (AOE810)
Guest lecturer at the University of Pretoria for administration of estates for LLM (Estate Law) students in administration of estates (AOE810)

Number of years in practice
Admitted as an attorney in 2012
Admitted as a conveyancer in 2017
Admitted as a notary in 2017

Academic- and practice qualifications and achievements
BCom (Law) at the University of Pretoria in 2009
LLB at the University of Pretoria in 2010
LLM (Estate Law) at the University of Pretoria in 2019

Published works 
Meyerowitz on Administration of Estates and Their Taxation (2023 Juta)
Meyerowitz on Administration of Estates and Their Taxation (2025 Juta)

Occupation
Partner at Clarke & Van Eck Attorneys since 2010

Field/s of specialisation
General civil litigation (High Court and magistrates’ court)
Criminal matters
Divorces
General family law 
Administration of estates
Drafting of contracts 
Collections

Background/experience in lecturing
Lecturer at Gawie le Roux PVT School since 2024

Number of years in practice
Admitted as an attorney in 2007

Academic- and practice qualifications and achievements
Member of the LSSA Criminal Law Committee from 2014 to 2019
Member of the Pretoria Attorneys Association from 2015 to 2016
Court-annexed mediation certificate at the ADR Network SA in 2007
LLB at the University of South Africa in 2006

Occupation
Director at Beverly Shiells Attorneys & Legal Cost Consultants since 2018
Lecturer since 2017

Field/s of specialisation
Legal costs

Background/experience in lecturing
Practical legal training for candidate attorneys for purposes of board exams (for private firms, LEAD, and the University of Pretoria) from 2017 to 2025 
Lecturer in company law for final year LLB students at IIE Varsity College, Pretoria, from 2021 to 2023 
Legal costs workshops in collaboration with the Pretoria Attorneys’ Association from 2022 to 2025

Number of years in practice
Admitted as an attorney in 2008

Academic- and practice qualifications and achievements
LLB, cum laude, from the University of Pretoria in 2005 
LLM (Corporate Law), cum laude, from the University of Pretoria in 2019 
Articles of clerkship at Adams & Adams Attorneys 
Admitted as attorney in 2008 
Professional assistant at Adams & Adams Attorneys from 2008 to 2009
Associate at Adams & Adams Attorneys from 2009 to 2010 
Associate at Tani Cloete Attorneys from 2010 to 2015 
Associate at Tiaan Smuts Attorneys from 2015 to 2018 
Expert witness on legal costs in the High Court of South Africa 
Member of the Pretoria Attorneys’ Association Committee (legal costs sub-committee)

Occupation
Admitted attorney (non-practicing) since 14 May 2009
Lecturer since 2019

Field/s of specialisation
Contract law
Drafting of contracts (including the relationship between law and language)
Legal education (teaching and learning)
Legal ethics, including impact of emerging technologies

Background/experience in lecturing
Several years of teaching and learning experience at a tertiary level with a doctorate in the subject of drafting of contracts in South Africa

Number of years in practice
Admitted as attorney of the High Court of South Africa (non-practicing) in 2019
Over a decade of practical experience in commercial legal work, with a specific focus on deal structuring and the drafting, reviewing, and negotiation of various types of contracts

Academic- and practice qualifications and achievements
BCom (Law) at RAU in 2004
LLB at UJ in 2007 
LLM at UJ in 2009
LLD at UP in 2015 
BTh at SATS in 2020 
BTh (Hon) at SATS in 2023
P.G. Dip. Interpretation & Drafting of Contracts from UJ in 2010
Dip. Corporate Law from UJ in 2011

Occupation
Owner of Nienaber Attorneys since 2018

Background/experience in lecturing
Training of candidate attorneys (as supervising attorney) since 2013 
Ad hoc presentation of candidate attorney training lectures at Adams & Adams from 2013 to 2018 
Founder of a law firm and sole practitioner since 2018

Number of years in practice
Admitted as an attorney in 2011

Academic- and practice qualifications and achievements
LLB, cum laude, from the University of Pretoria in 2008 
Articles of clerkship at Adams & Adams Attorneys 
Admitted as attorney and notary public in 2011 
Right of appearance in the High Court in 2014 
Admitted as conveyancer in 2018 
Ad hoc member of the Fee Dispute Resolution Committee of the Gauteng LPC 
Member of the Pretoria Association of Attorneys 
Member of the Fiduciary Institute of South Africa (FISA)

Published works 
Co-authored the South African chapter in the 8th, 9th and 10th editions of The Dispute Resolution Review (2016, 2017, 2018) Law Business Research Ltd, London, UK