Question NW4237 to the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

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04 December 2015 - NW4237

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Horn, Mr W to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

(a) How many applications for the granting of Senior Consultus status did he receive from each of the Bar Associations in South Africa for each quarter since his appointment on 25 May 2014 and (b) how many of the specified applications did he approve respectively?

Reply:

(a) I wish to inform the Honorable member that I received 64 applications for the granting of Senior Consultus status for each quarter since my appointment on 25 May 2014, which are explained in details as follows:

QUARTER 1 2014

Total Applications received in First Quarter 2014= 0

BAR COUNCIL

NUMBER AND NAME OF APPLICANTS

DATE RECEIVED

STATUS

Backlog Applications received in 2013 and Jan-May 2014: 0.

 

QUARTER 2 2014

Total Applications received in Second Quarter 2014= 2

BAR COUNCIL

NUMBER AND NAME OF APPLICANTS

DATE RECEIVED

STATUS

KwaZulu-Natal Bar

  1. Adv G R Thatcher

3 June 2014

Application approved

Free State Society of Advocates

  1. Adv L Le Roux Pohl

18 June 2014

Application approved

QUARTER 3 2014

Total Applications received in Third Quarter 2014= 12

BAR COUNCIL

NUMBER AND NAME OF APPLICANTS

DATE RECEIVED

STATUS

National Bar Council (formerly the Independent Association of Advocates of South Africa)

  1. Adv DM Abbey
  1. Adv Jan Bekker
  1. Adv J A De Freitus
  1. Adv C Fouche
  1. Adv MAJ Hassim
  1. Adv MA Hawyes
  1. Adv M Klein
  1. Adv J T Marishane
  1. Adv BVL Momoti
  1. Adv T L Mosikatsana
  1. Adv M W Mvune
  1. Adv AH Davey

22 September 2014

Referred back to National Bar Council of South Africa for further information.

QUARTER 4 2014

Total Applications received in Fourth Quarter 2014= 4

BAR COUNCIL

NUMBER AND NAME OF APPLICANTS

DATE RECEIVED

STATUS

Free State Society of Advocates

  1. Adv N. Snellenburg

20 October 2014

Application approved

KZN Society of Advocates

  1. Adv J Nxusani
  1. Adv M W Collins
  1. Adv T G Madonsela

27 November 2014

Application approved

 

QUARTER 1 2015

Total Applications received in First Quarter 2015= 21

BAR COUNCIL

NUMBER AND NAME OF APPLICANTS

DATE RECEIVED

STATUS

Pretoria Society of Advocates

  1. Adv J G Naudé
  1. Adv T P Krüger
  1. Adv H F Oosthuizen
  1. Adv A J South
  1. Adv T W G Bester
  1. Adv H K Kooverjie
  1. Adv J A Motepe

10 February 2015

Application approved

Gauteng Society of Advocates

  1. Adv J J Hattingh

05 March 2015

Application approved

JHB Bar Council

  1. Adv J J Roestorf
  1. Adv P van der Berg
  1. Adv R M Robinson
  1. Adv D J Joubert
  1. Adv N Konstantinides
  1. Adv F A Boda
  1. Adv L Gcabashe
  1. Adv S Stein
  1. Adv J Wilson
  1. Adv FM Sikhakhane

13 March 2015

Application approved

KZN Society of Advocates

  1. Adv S M Khan
  1. dv G D Goddard
  1. Adv R G Mossop

23 March 2015

Processing Application November 2015.

QUARTER 2 2015

Total Applications received in Second Quarter 2015= 16

BAR COUNCIL

NUMBER AND NAME OF APPLICANTS

DATE RECEIVED

STATUS

Eastern Cape Society of Advocates

  1. Adv A G Dugmore
  1. Adv P Kroon
  1. Adv T M Euijen
  1. Adv O Ronaasen
  1. Adv N Mullins

18 June 2015

Processing Applications

National Bar Council (formerly the Independent Association of Advocates of South Africa)

  1. Adv Elizabeth Crouse

18 June 2015

Processing Application

Johannesburg Society of Advocates

  1. Adv Pincus
  1. Adv M T Ohannessian
  1. Adv A M de Kok
  1. Adv H J Smith
  1. Adv C F Van der Merwe
  1. Adv G B Rome
  1. Adv Q G Leech
  1. Adv DL Wood
  1. Adv P G Seleka
  1. Adv A L Platt

25 June 2015

Processing Applications

QUARTER 3 2015

Total Applications received in Third Quarter 2015= 5

BAR COUNCIL

NUMBER AND NAME OF APPLICANTS

DATE RECEIVED

STATUS

KZN Society of Advocates

  1. Adv P J Blomkamp
  1. Adv J E Hoowse

2 September 2015

Processing Applications

Church Square Association of Advocates

  1. Adv W F Pienaar
  1. Adv S J J Van Rensburg
  1. Adv W F Nel

8 September 2015

Processing Applications

QUARTER 4 2015

Total Applications received in Fourth Quarter 2015= 4

BAR COUNCIL

NUMBER AND NAME OF APPLICANTS

DATE RECEIVED

STATUS

Bhisho Society of Advocates

  1. Adv PG Beningfield
  1. Adv TM Ntsaluba

22 October 2015

Processing Application

Free State Society of Advocates

  1. Adv J Nel

3 November 2015

Processing Application

Eastern Cape Society of Advocates

  1. Adv B C Dyke

13 November 2015

Processing Application

(b) How many of the specified applications did I approve respectively?

I wish to inform the Honorable member that I recommend applications for Senior Consultus status to the Honorable President for consideration.

As indicated in the table in paragraph (a) above, I have recommended 40 of the mentioned applications to the Hon President for approval, except for 24 applications received from the National Bar Council, which did not have the full information required.

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