Sydwell Sikhwari SC

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Brief curriculum vitae:

I was admitted as an Advocate on 7 December 1999 and completed pupillage in July 2000. Started practice immediately thereafter. I am a dual member of the Johannesburg Bar and the Limpopo Bar. My practice is in the areas of state liability, labour law, construction law, local government law, family law, administrative law, arbitration, mining law, meditation, insolvency and criminal law. 

I have an B Juris and LLB degrees from University of Venda as well as the advanced program in ADR from AFSA and program in mediation and leadership from Harvard University. I have had several stints as an Acting Judge in of the High Court in Pretoria and Polokwane since 2016 and kept on doing so from time.

Year of Admission to Society of Advocates:

Joined Johannesburg Bar in August 2000 and Left in 2003. Then Rejoined the Johannesburg Bar in 2018.

Joined the Limpopo Bar in 2014, shortly after its Formation.

Year of Letters Patent

2024

Society memberships:

  1. JOHANNESBURG SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES
  2. LIMPOPO SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES

Academic Qualifications

  1. B JURIS Degree FROM UNIVERSITY OF VENDA, 1994 
  2. LLB DEGREE FROM UNIVERSITY OF VENDA, 1996 
  3. PROGRAM IN ADR FROM AFSA AND ACCREDITED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA, 2014.
  4. PROGRAM IN LEADERSHIP AND MEDIATION FROM HAVARD UNIVERSITY, 2018

Principal reported cases:

  1. SUMBANA & OTHERS V HEAD OF DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS IN LIMPOPO & OTHERS 2009 (3) SA 64 (V)
  2. MURABI V MURABI 2014 (4) SA 575 (SCA)
  3. RAMATSHIMBILA V PHASWANA (199/13) (2014) ZASCA 117 (19 SEPTEMBER 2014)

Lectures and presentations

Teaches pupils at the pupillage program of the Limpopo bar since 2015 to date

Year of Admission:

2006

Email:

mssikhwari@gmail.com

Contact Number:

073 150 7414

Practice areas:

  • Administrative law
  • Arbitration
  • Criminal Law
  • Insolvency and Company Law
  • Medical Negligence and Personal injury
  • Mediation

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