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

Practice Areas
Arbitrations and Adjudications
Construction & Engineering Law
Corporate & Commercial Law
Law of Contract
Qualifications
BA LLB
Fellow of the Association of Arbitrators (SA)