Personal details

10 January 1968, Johannesburg

Married Three children

Education

• Matric: Westerford High School, Cape Town
• B.A: University of Cape Town (1988)
• LLB: University of Cape Town (1991)
• LLM: University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA (summa cum laude) (1997)

Professional history

• Candidate Attorney and Attorney: Chennells Albertyn, Stellenbosch: 1992-1995.
• Deputy Director Mediation: Independent Electoral Commission, Western Cape - elections 1994.
• Legal Researcher: African National Congress Constitutional Commission in Parliament 1995 -1996.
• Attorney: Legal Resources Centre Constitutional Litigation Unit, Johannesburg 1996 – 1997
• Commissioner: Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration, Johannesburg 1997 – 2000.
• Attorney: Haffegee Roskam Savage Attorneys 2000 - 2008.
• Director: Bowman Gilfillan 2008 - 2012.
• Arbitrator and mediator on dispute resolution panels including IMSSA, AMSSA, Tokiso, PSCBC, PHWSBC, ELRC, SSSBC, CCMA variously from 1994 - 2012
• Acting Judge: Labour Court 4th term 2011
• Acting Judge: Western Cape High Court 4th term 2012 – end 4th term 2014
• Judge: Western Cape High Court 2015 to date
• Acting Judge: Labour Appeal Court 2015 to date.
• Acting Judge: Competition Appeal Court: February 2022 to date.
• Acting Judge: Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 April 2022 – 31 May 2022.

Other Activities

• Board Member: Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII) 2004 to date
• Trustee: Constitutional Court Trust until 2019
• Member of South African Society for Labour Law to date.