UP Law's Professor Johan Scott receives Toon van den Heever Prize for Legal Science

Posted on April 17, 2021

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) announces with pride and congratulates emeritus Professor Johan Scott on receiving the ‘Toon van den Heeverprys vir Regswetenskap’ (Toon van den Heever Prize for Legal Science) from the ‘Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir...

UP Law’s Prof Steve Cornelius appointed to Independent Hearing Panel of Badminton World Federation

Posted on April 01, 2021

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) extends hearty congratulations to and announces with pride that Professor Steve Cornelius, Head of the Department of Private Law, has been appointed to the Independent Hearing Panel of the Council of the Badminton World Federation.

UP Law's Clireesh Joshua obtains Doctorate of Laws degree

Posted on January 25, 2021

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) extends hearty congratulations to Clireesh Joshua (nee Cloete) in the Department of Private Law on obtaining her LLD, titled "The proprietary consequences of a successful estoppel defence".

UP Law's international Child Law expert, Prof Ann Skelton, re-elected to the OHCHR Committee on the Rights of the Child

Posted on November 24, 2020

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce that Professor Ann Skelton was re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner’s (OHCHR) Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) for a second term of office, from March 2021...

UP Law's Dr Gustav Muller provides feedback to Minister on proposed policy and direction on rapid deployment of electronic communications networks and facilities

Posted on November 04, 2020

On 22 July 2020, the Minister for Communications and Digital Technologies, Ms Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, published a policy and policy direction in Government Notice 800 in GG 43537, dealing with the Electronic Communications Act 36 of 2005. In response, the Faculty of Law's (UP Law) Dr Gustav...

Karabo Ozah, Director of the UP Centre for Child Law, is playing a vital role in urging the South African Government to drastically increase the implementation of social safety net interventions

Posted on October 14, 2020

Karabo Ozah, Director of the Centre for Child Law (CCL) in the Department of Private Law in the Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP), is playing a vital role in urging the South African government to drastically increase their social safety net interventions.

UP Law’s Prof Steve Cornelius appointed to Council of Experts of Canadian Sport Law and Governance Association

Posted on September 23, 2020

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) extends hearty congratulations to Professor Steve Cornelius who has accepted an invitation to serve on the Council of Experts of the Canadian Sport Law and Governance Association.

UP Law’s Prof Ann Skelton first holder of Rotating Honorary Chair Enforcement of Children's Rights

Posted on September 23, 2020

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) extends hearty congratulations to Professor Ann Skelton on her five-year appointment as the first holder of the Rotating Honorary Chair on the Enforcement of Children's Rights by Leiden University, The Netherlands.