Vicky Heideman discusses State Security Agency’s role in State Capture
Following on from her work with the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector Including Organs of State (‘State Capture Commission’), the Rivonia Group’s Vicky Heideman has been investigating the shadowy sources of funding to the State Security Agency (‘SSA’) that allowed for its capture. In […]
Rivonia Group congratulates Jan Langa
The Rivonia Group congratulates Jan Langa on his induction into the Mail & Guardian’s 2023 class of 200 Young South Africans. As the Mail & Guardian notes, Jan is “a brilliant legal mind who has appeared in the courts on matters of public interest and matters which have warranted being recorded as reportable”. The Rivonia […]
Supreme Court of Appeal changes its mind on appealability
Until recently, the locus classicus on appealability was Zweni v Minister of Law and Order 1993 1 SA 523 (A). In that judgment, the Appellate Division held that three requirements had to be met in order for a judgment or order to be “appealable”: the decision sought to be appealed must be final in effect. […]
Meet our staff
Cerrie Tomassini Cerrie took up the position of Rivonia Group’s Administrator in December 2019. She is also the PA to Advocate Andrew Snider SC. She has been in his employ since 2013. Andrew and Cerrie joined Rivonia Group in July 2019. In 1989 Cerrie started working in the legal field with a small attorney as […]
We are very proud of Lingani
Lingani Ngwenya was employed by the Rivonia Group of Advocates in July 2019. Her role was to ensure that the offices remain meticulously clean and to assist with providing beverages for the staff. Lingani expressed an interest to better herself by doing a computer course. Therefore, the Rivonia Group of Advocates enrolled and paid for […]
The Rivonia Group is excited to have Dana du Plessis SC join as a member
Dana joined the Johannesburg Bar in 1990 and took silk during 2010. He holds a BProc degree from the University of Pretoria and an LLB from the University of South Africa. Before joining the Bar he completed his articles and was admitted as an attorney, conveyancer and notary. He has a general commercial practice that […]
Garth Hulley SC joins the Rivonia Group
The Rivonia Group takes great pleasure in announcing that Garth Hulley SC is now one of its members. Garth Hulley was called to the Bar on 7 July 1997. Two years after admission, he took up a post at the Constitutional Litigation Unit. He took silk on 16 September 2014. In January 2020 he took […]
Kevin Hopkins joins the Rivonia Group
The Rivonia Group takes great pleasure in welcoming Kevin Hopkins to the group. Before joining the Johannesburg Bar as a fulltime member, approximately 16 years ago, Kevin was an academic at the Oliver Schreiner School of Law at the University of the Witwatersrand where he taught aspects of public law. During this time he wrote […]
Shanghai International Arbitration Centre appoints Henk Louw to its panel of arbitrators and mediators
On 31 July 2021 the Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (Shanghai International Arbitration Centre or SHIAC) appointed Henk Louw to its panels of arbitrators and mediators. After extensive processes for the identification, assessment and selection of candidates, the SHIAC appointed its new panels of arbitrators and mediators. In addition to Henk, the panels […]
The Rivonia Group congratulates its newly qualified arbitrators
The Rivonia Group of Advocates congratulates Ciska Bezuidenhout, Esbie Venter and Chantelle Humphries for qualifying as arbitrators with the Association of Arbitrators of Southern Africa (“the Association”) during 2021. Ciska Bezuidenhout completed the Association’s Fellowship Admission Course whilst Esbie Venter and Chantelle Humphries completed the Accelerated Route to Fellowship course. These members are qualified […]