Bar, bench & bullshifters : Cape tales 1950-1990 / collected by Gerald Friedman and Jeremy Gauntlett.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Friedman, Gerald (Judge)
Gauntlett, J. J.
Language:English
Published: Cape Town : SiberInk, 2013.
Subjects:
Judges > South Africa > Cape Town.
Lawyers > South Africa > Cape Town.
Law > South Africa > Cape Town > History.
Physical Description:v, 95 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Variant Title:
Bar, bench and bullshifters.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Memory, hold the door
  • The Cape bar in the 1950s
  • The judges' corridor
  • The court library
  • The stenographers
  • Ushers
  • Esprit de corps
  • Bar dinners
  • Pranks
  • Bar deaths
  • Some giants at the bar. Bobby Bloch ; Harry Snitcher ; Gerald Gordon ; Graeme Duncan ; Andries Brink Beyers ; Theo van Wyk ; Dawid de Villiers ; Philip Schock
  • Judicial appointments
  • Judges president and some others. Percy Jones ; George Sutton ; RPB Davis ; Hendrik van Zyl ; Jackie de Villiers ; Andries Beyers ; Theo van Wyk ; Joseph Herbstein ; Helm van Zijl ; Henry Ernest Peter (Jack) Watermeyer ; George Munnik.