Frederik Daniël Jacobus "Fritz" Brand
SC (born 16 February 1949) is a former judge of the
Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa
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History
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Early life and education
Brand was born in
Paarl
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and matriculated at the High School Vredenburg in 1966. After school he enrolled at
Stellenbosch University
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and obtained a
BA degree in 1970, an
LL.B.
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degree in 1972 and an
LL.M.
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(''cum laude'') in 1976.
Career
Brand started his career in 1973 as a Senior lecturer at Stellenbosch University and was admitted as advocate in May 1973. He lectured until 1976 and on 10 May 1977 joined the Cape
Bar
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. Brand was granted
senior
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status in November 1989 and in September 1992 he was appointed Judge of the
Cape High Court
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He was appointed to the bench of the
Supreme Court of Appeal with effect from 1 December 2001. In 2010 he was appointed as an acting judge to the
Constitutional Court
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, for two terms.
Notable judgments written by Brand include ''
Afrox Healthcare v Strydom'', ''
Fourway Haulage SA v SA National Roads Agency'', and ''
Butters v Mncora''. While acting in the Constitutional Court, he wrote for the majority in ''
Le Roux v Dey'', and his Supreme Court judgment in ''RH v DE,'' which derogated the third-party
delictual claim for
adultery
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, was upheld by the Constitutional Court in ''
DE v RH''.
He is an international
commercial court
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judge for the Qatar International Court.
References
1949 births
Living people
South African judges
Judges of the Supreme Court of Appeal (South Africa)
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