Pierre Rossouw SC
Called to bar 1988

Practiced as attorney, notary and conveyancer before joining the Johannesburg Bar. Appointed senior counsel on 5 December 2006.

Has held various appointments as acting Judge of the High Court and as arbitrator and adjudicator. Chairman of the Association of Arbitrators (Southern Africa).

Important Decisions

1. Volkskas Motor Bank Ltd v Leo Mining Raise Bone CC and Others 1992 (2) SA 50 (W)
2. Fedgen Insurance Ltd v Bankorp Ltd 1994 (2) SA 399 (W)
3. Van Vuuren v Van Vuuren 1994 (4) SA 209 (W)
4. Mossgas (Pty) Ltd v Eskom and Another 1995 (3) SA 156 (W)
5. Telkom (SA) Ltd v Duncan 1995 (3) SA 941 (W) 
6. C.F.G (Pty) Ltd v Bankorp Ltd 1996 CLR 839 (W)
7. Fose v Minister of Safety and Security 1996 (2) BCLR 232 (W)
8. Fose v Minister of Safety and Security 1997 (3) SA 786 (CC)
9. Protea Technology Ltd and Another v Wainer and Others 1997 (9) BCLR 1225 (W)
10. Absa Insurance Brokers (Pty) Ltd v Luttig and Another NNO 1997 (4) SA 229 (SCA)
11. David Hersch Organisation (Pty) Ltd and Another v Absa Insurance Brokers (Pty) Ltd 1998 (4) SA 783 (T)
12. Contract Support Services (Pty) Ltd and Others v Commissioner, South African Revenue Services and Others 1999 (3) SA 1133 (W)
13. Joubert v Absa Life Ltd 2001 (2) SA 322 (W)
14. Association of Chartered Certified Accountants v Chairman, Public Accountants' and Auditors Board 2001 (2) SA 980 (W)
15. Industrial Manpower Projects (Pty) Ltd v Receiver of Revenue Vereeniging and Others 2001 (2) SA 1026 (W)
16. Messina Associated Carriers v Kleinhaus 2001 (3) SA 868 (SCA)
17. Northbank Diamonds Ltd v FTK Holland BV and Others 2003 (1) SA 189 (NmS)
18. Standard Bank of SA Ltd v Harris and Another NNO (J A du Toit Inc intervening) 2003 (2) SA 23 (SCA)
19. Southernport Developments (Pty) Ltd (previously known as Tsogo Sun Ebhay (Pty) Ltd) v Transnet Ltd 2003(5) 665 (W)
20. Napier NO v Van Schalkwyk 2004 (3) SA 425 (W)
21. Soil Fumigation Services Lowveld CC v Chemfit Technical Products (Pty) Ltd 2004 (6) SA 29 (SCA); [2004] 2 All SA 366 (SCA)
22. Kgatle v Metcash Trading Ltd 2004 (6) SA 410 (T)
23. Island View Shipping (Pty) Ltd v Camargue Transport Systems (Pty) Ltd 2004 CLR 166 (D)
24. Southernport Developments (Pty) Ltd v Transnet Ltd 2005 (2) SA 202 (SCA)
25. Bowring NO v Vrededorp Properties CC and Another 2007 (5) SA 391 (SCA)
26. Shabalala v Metrorail 2008 (3) SA 142 (SCA)
27. Joint Stock Co Varvarinskoye v Absa Bank Ltd and Others 2008 (4) SA 287 (SCA)
28. Transnet Ltd v Newlyn Investments (Pty) Ltd 2011 (5) SA 543 (SCA)
29. Glenrand MIB Financial Services (Pty) Ltd v Van den Heever NO 2013 CLR 13 (SCA)
30. De Klerk v Ferreira and Others 2017 (3) SA 502 (GP)
31. AON South Africa (Pty) Ltd v Van den Heever NO 2017 CLR 216 (SCA)
32. Cape Gate (Pty) Ltd and others v Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd and others [2019] 1 All SA 141 (GJ)