Hendrik van Nieuwenhuizen
Advocate · Acting Judge of the High Court · Johannesburg Bar
Hendrik van Nieuwenhuizen is an advocate of the High Court of South Africa, practising at the Johannesburg Society of Advocates since 23 January 2006. Member of The Protea Group. Sits regularly as Acting Judge of the High Court (4 sittings to date across the Gauteng Local and Pretoria divisions).
"Hendrik specialises in anything but criminal law, family law or PIE evictions."
Education
- 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 (Best performance — Wills, Estates and Trusts)
- Certificate in Mediation — University of Cape Town
Practice areas
Administrative & Public · Arbitration · Aviation · Banking · Building & Construction · Civil · Commercial · Competition · Conflict of Laws · Constitutional · Cyber Law · Delict · Insurance · Intellectual Property · Media · Medical · Mining · Property · Sports · Tax
Not taken: Criminal law, Family law, PIE evictions.
Appellate
5 appearances in the Supreme Court of Appeal and 1 in the Labour Appeal Court without a leader.
Acting Judge sittings
- Gauteng Local Division (Johannesburg) — 12 October 2020 to 16 October 2020
- Gauteng Division (Pretoria) — 9 November 2020 to 13 November 2020
- Gauteng Local Division (Johannesburg) — 2 August 2021 to 6 August 2021
- Gauteng Local Division (Johannesburg) — 30 January 2023 to 24 February 2023
Arbitral appointments
- Six-day commercial arbitration — August 2017 — February 2018. Award of 89 pages, which withstood a subsequent review application.
- Default award — December 2017
- LPC-appointed arbitrator (pending) — since February 2023. The subject of an appeal on the ripeness of the dispute to be arbitrated.
Memberships
Johannesburg Society of Advocates · The Protea Group · 3 Protea Place, Sandton