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Douglas Scott (judge)
Douglas Graham Scott (born 19 January 1941) is a retired South African judge who served in the Supreme Court of Appeal between 1996 and 2008. Formerly an advocate in Cape Town, he joined the bench in 1989 as a judge of the Cape Provincial Division. Early life and career Scott was born on 19 January 1941 in Simon's Town, Cape Town. After matriculating at Wynberg Boys' High School in 1958, he attended the University of Cape Town, where he completed a BA in 1962 and an LLB in 1964. While a student, he worked briefly as a clerical assistant at the magistrate's court in Cape Town. He was admitted as an advocate of the Supreme Court of South Africa in May 1965 and worked as a government prosecutor in Pretoria and Bellville until the end of 1966. Thereafter he returned to Cape Town to complete his articles at the firm of Findlay and Tait, gaining admission as an attorney in December 1968. He practised as an attorney for less than a year before returning to practice as an advoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Court Of Appeal (South Africa)
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), formerly known as the Appellate Division, is the second-highest appellate court, court of appeal in South Africa below the Constitutional Court of South Africa, Constitutional Court. The country's apex court from 1910 to 1994, it no longer holds that position, having been displaced in constitutional matters by the Constitutional Court in 1994, and in General jurisdiction, all matters by 2013. It is located in Bloemfontein. Bloemfontein is often, and has been traditionally referred to, as the "judicial capital" of South Africa because of the court, although the Constitutional Court is based in Johannesburg. History On the creation of the Union of South Africa from four British colonies in 1910, the supreme courts of the colonies became provincial divisions of the new Supreme Court of South Africa, and the Appellate Division was created as a purely appellate court superior to the provincial divisions. It was the seat of some of the country's mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowmans (law Firm)
Bowmans is a global law firm headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. Staffed by over 650 lawyers, it comprises nine offices in six African countries: South Africa, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, Mauritius, and Kenya. It is one of the so-called Big Five law firms in South Africa. The legal practice comprises the following law firms: Coulson Harney LLP (Kenya), Koep & Partners (Namibia), Bowmans Mauritius (Mauritius), Bowman Gilfillan (South Africa), Bowmans Tanzania (Tanzania) and B&M Legal Practitioners (Zambia). Bowmans offices are located in Johannesburg, Durban, and Cape Town, South Africa; Swakopmund and Windhoek, Namibia; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Lusaka, Zambia; Moka, Mauritius; and Nairobi, Kenya. Bowmans has signed alliance agreements with Aman & Partners LLP in Ethiopia and Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie in Nigeria and has a non-exclusive co-operation agreement with French international law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel. It is a representative of Lex Mundi, a global association ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941 Births
The Correlates of War project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 3.49 million. However, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program estimates that the subsequent year, 1942, was the deadliest such year. Death toll estimates for both 1941 and 1942 range from 2.28 to 7.71 million each. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Euthanasia Centre in Germany, in the first phase of mass killings under the Aktion T4 program here. * January 1 – Thailand's Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram decrees January 1 as the official start of the Thai solar calendar new year (thus the previous year that began April 1 had only 9 months). * January 3 – A decree (''Normalschrifterlass'') promulgated in Germany by Martin Bormann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesotho Court Of Appeal
The Lesotho Court of Appeal is the final authority of the judicial system of Lesotho. The Court was established under Chapter X of the 1966 Constitution, however, it was not until the ''Court of Appeal Act'' (1978) that the Court was created. The Court can review cases of original jurisdiction from the High Court, but can only review appeals to the High Court if the matter has been granted leave to appeal by the relevant High Court justice. References Lesotho Lesotho, formally the Kingdom of Lesotho and formerly known as Basutoland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Entirely surrounded by South Africa, it is the largest of only three sovereign enclave and exclave, enclaves in the world, t ... Politics of Lesotho {{Law-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durban's Water Wonderland V Botha
''Durban's Water Wonderland (Pty) Ltd v Botha''1999 (1) SA 982 (SCA). is an important case in South African contract law, especially in the area of exemption clauses. It was heard in the Supreme Court of Appeal on 16 November 1998, with judgment handed down on 27 November 1998. The judges were Van Heerden DCJ, Howie JA, Harms JA, Scott JA and Melunsky AJA. PJ Olsen appeared as counsel for the appellant, and P. Ellis for the respondents. Facts A mother and her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter were on a ride at an amusement park when something malfunctioned in the hydraulics, throwing them off the ride. They sued for damages. Durban's Water Wonderland found its defence in contract, claiming an exemption clause attached to the ticket. This clause was also displayed clearly on the window of the ticket office. As there was no ambiguity in the scope of the exemption, and as Botha saw it, the exemption clause applied. See also * Contract * South African contract law References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
