Advocate · Acting Judge · Johannesburg Bar
Hendrik van Nieuwenhuizen
Practising at the Johannesburg Bar since 2006. Member of The Protea Group · 3 Protea Place, Sandton.
Hendrik specialises in anything but criminal law, family law or PIE evictions.
Admitted
23 January 2006
Qualifications
- B.Com (Law) — Rand Afrikaans University (now UJ), 2003
- LLB — Rand Afrikaans University (now UJ), 2004
- Practical Legal Training (with distinction) — Law Society of South Africa, 2005
- Certificate in Mediation — University of Cape Town
Speaking
World Conference on Dying with Dignity.
Address on the constitutional right to dignity at end of life — drawing on counsel work in Stransham-Ford and Walter & Harck.
Reported matters
Public-record appearances.
2015
Stransham-Ford v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division (Pretoria)
Junior counsel for the applicant — team led by HB Marais SC
2021
Walter and Harck v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
High Court of South Africa
Counsel for the applicants
2022
G4S Cash Solutions SA v Zandspruit Cash & Carry
Gauteng Local Division (full court) — Mudau J, Adams J et Dippenaar J
Counsel for the respondents
2022
SCZ Investments v Swindon Property Services
KwaZulu-Natal High Court (Pietermaritzburg) — Koen J
Counsel for the defendant
Instructions
Briefs are accepted from instructing attorneys.
Members of the public should engage an attorney first; advocates in South Africa work on referral from instructing attorneys.