Curriculum Vitae
Date of birth: 29 November 1945
Academic qualifications
BA(Law) 1967 and LLB 1969 (University of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, RSA); LLM
1973 (University of McGill, Montreal, Canada); LLD 1976 (University of South Africa,
Pretoria, RSA) - thesis: Die Reg op Privaatheid ("The Right to Privacy")
Professional qualification
Advocate of the Supreme Court of South Africa 1970
Career
Department of Private law, Faculty of Law, University of South Africa: Lecturer
1970-1971; Senior Lecturer 1972-1975; Professor 1976-; Head 1989-1995
Faculty of Law, University of South Africa: Vice-dean 1988-1995; Dean 1995-
Council, University of South Africa: Member 1996-
Broad Transformation Forum, University of South Africa : Founding member 1996-1998
Deans’ Committee: University of South Africa: Chairperson 1998-
Executive Committee of Senate, University of South Africa: Member 1992-1993 1994-
Butterworths Professional Publishers Ltd, Durban, RSA: Non-executive Director 1989-1995
South African Law Commission: Project Committee, Law of Delict: Member 1991-1995
Forum for Legal Education, Department of Justice: Member of Task Team for four-year LLB
degree 1996-1997
European Group on Tort Law (Tilburg Group): Member 1996-
European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law, University of Vienna: Fellow 1999-
Awards and prizes
Free State Bar Prize for Best LLB-student, University of the Orange Free State 1969;
Council Award for Exceptional Academic Merit, University of South Africa 1991; Toon van
den Heever Prize for Legal Science, South African Academy for Science and Art 1993;
Chancellor’s Prize for Best Researcher, University of South Africa 1997
Scholarships and foreign research
Graduate Fellowship, University of McGill, Montreal, Canada 1971-1972; Fidelity Fund,
Association of Law Societies of RSA, Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und
internationales Privatrecht, Hamburg, Germany 1974; Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung,
Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Patent-, Urheber- und
Wettbewerbsrecht, Munich, Germany 1982 1993 (also Human Sciences Research Council,
Pretoria, RSA 1982); Senior Travel Grant, University of South Africa, Belgium, England,
The Netherlands 1996; Grant for Overseas Conference, University of South Africa,
Maastricht, The Netherlands 1998 (also Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria RSA 1998)
Editorial work
Tydskrif vir Hedendaagse Romeins-Hollandse Reg (Journal of Contemporary Roman-Dutch
Law): Assistant-editor 1983-1987, Editor 1988-1998; SA Mercantile Law Journal: Editorial
Committee 1993-; De Jure: Editorial Council 1998-; Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal:
Editorial Council 1998-; Onregmatige Mededinging/ Unlawful Competition (seminar volume)
(Unisa 1990): Editor
Publications
Author (or co-author) of more than 100 articles, notes, case discussions and book
reviews in law journals; author (or co-author) of 5 legal textbooks:
Persoonlikheidsreg (Butterworths 1 ed 1979; 2 ed 1985; reprint 1989; 3 ed 1991; 4 ed
1998) xi and 390 - translated as Neethling’s Law of Personality (Butterworths 1996)
xi and 348 (co-authors JM Potgieter, PJ Visser);
Die Reg Aangaande Onregmatige Mededinging (Butterworths 1983) xxvii and 222 (co-author
HJO van Heerden) - translated as Unlawful Competition (Butterworths 1995) xi and 377;
Deliktereg (Butterworths 1 ed 1989; 2 ed 1992; 3 ed 1996) xii and 431 (co-authors JM
Potgieter, PJ Visser) - translated as Law of Delict (Butterworths 1 ed 1990; 2 ed 1994; 3
ed 1999) xii and 441;
Werkboek vir Deliktereg (Digma 1 ed 1990; Butterworths 2 ed 1997) viii and 197
(co-authors JM Potgieter, TJ Scott) - translated as Workbook for Law of Delict (Digma
1990; Butterworths 2 ed 1997) viii and 197;
Case Book on the Law of Delict/Vonnisbundel oor die Deliktereg (Juta 1 ed 1991; 2 ed
1995) (co-authors JM Potgieter, TJ Scott) xv and 815.
June 1999
