Craig Telfer Howie (born 10 September 1938) is a South African judge and former President of the

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Early life and education

Howie was born in Cape Town and attended

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, where he matriculated in 1956. He received his tertiary education at

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, graduating with a BA degree in 1959 and an

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degree in 1961. Howie worked as a public prosecutor in Cape Town during 1962 and early 1963 and thereafter as state advocate in

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, until 1964.

Career

Howie started practicing as an

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at the Eastern Cape

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in Grahamstown during 1964 and was granted senior counsel status in 1976. In February 1978 he was appointed acting judge in the

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of the Supreme Court and later that year was appointed a

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judge for the Eastern Cape Division. During September 1985 he relocated to the

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. His first acting appointment in the appellate division was in December 1991 and two years later he was permanently appointed judge of the Appeal. In 2003, Howie was appointed President of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa, a position he held until his retirement in 2008.

References

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