Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change

B.luris (University of South Africa, 1982);
LLB (University of Zimbabwe, 1985);
LLM (University of Witwatersrand, 1992);
Higher Diploma in Tax Law (University of Witwatersrand, 1994);
LLD (University of South Africa, 1997)

Professional Qualifications : Admitted and enrolled to practice as an Attorney, Notary and Conveyancer in the RSA.

Academic Works contributed to: (1) Cachalia et al, Fundamental Rights in the Constitution (Juta % Co.; Cape Town 1994);
(2) Davis, Cheadle & Haysom(eds), Fundamental Rights in Constitution (2nd ed, Juta & Co., Cape Town, 1997);
(3) Cheadle, Davis & Haysom(eds), South African Constitutional Law: The Bill of Rights (Butterworths, Durban, 2002).

Worked with and under Professor Jack Greenberg (who, together with the late Turgood Marshall of the NAAF, handled the litigation in Brown v Board of Education, Topeka, US 1954) at the Columbia Law School, Columbia University, New York, as a visiting scholar in 1986.

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BA and LLB from Wits, H Dip Company Law (Wits), H Dip Tax (RAU),Diploma in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (Unisa)

Anne did her articles at Werksmans (1988 – 1989) in Johannesburg and then practiced there as an attorney until she moved to Cape Town in 1993. After a year of lecturing at UWC, she joined Sonnenberg Hoffman and Galombik and became a partner in the commercial department in 1996. In 1997 she moved back to Johannesburg and joined the corporate finance department at RMB. Her job covered all aspects of M&A, particularly BEE transactions. The last transaction she worked on before leaving RMB was the Caltex empowerment deal, which was finalised at the end of 2002. Early in 2003, along with two of her RMB colleagues, she set up a boutique advisory business, Piton Capital, advising companies and black entrepreneurs on the design, financing and implementation of BEE transactions. She joined Bowman Gilfillan in June 2005 as a partner in the Cape Town corporate department.

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BA LLB (Wits) MSc in Law and Development (London School of Economics)
Presently completing a H Dip Company Law at Wits

Claire Tucker is a director at Bowman Gilfillan and the head of the Environment, Mining, Energy and Natural Resources practice area. She presently practises primarily in regulatory and environmental law and is widely published on these matters.

Claire has worked on a wide range of regulatory matters including the drafting of laws and regulations, High Court review applications in respect of decisions on regulatory matters, the interpretation and application of statutes as well as commercial and transactional advice. She practises in and advises on all environmental issues, particularly atmospheric pollution prevention, waste regulation, water, land use planning and environmental impact assessments. Claire has a particular interest in the socio-economic aspects of the constitutional right to a clean environment. Her regulatory areas of specialization include access to information, data protection and privacy, medical and pharmaceutical regulation, food safety and international trade, corporate governance and financial services regulation.

Claire obtained a BA LLB from Wits and an MSc in Law and Development from the London School of Economics. While overseas she worked for two years in London at Leigh Day and Co on plaintiff actions against multinational corporations causing damage to people and environments in developing countries, particularly on the Cape plc asbestos case and the Thor Chemicals case. She also spent half a year at the United Nation’s Food Agricultural Organisation in Rome in the Legal Office researching and advising on international environmental law matters.

Practice Focus
• Regulatory
• Corporate Governance
• Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety
• Trade Law and Lobbying advice
• Pharmaceutical
• Information and Privacy
• Financial Services

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B.Proc (Potchefstroom)
LLB (Potchefstroom)
LLM (Law of contract) (Pretoria)

Lizel is a senior associate in the Environment, Mining, Energy and Natural Resources practice area.

She has 6 years of experience in the oil, gas and coal industry. She joined Sasol Mining (Pty) Ltd in 2002 and advised on the Mozambique natural gas pipeline as well as on the implementation of Sasol Mining’s broad-based empowerment strategy through the formation of Igoda Coal (Pty) Limited, an empowerment venture with Eyesizwe Coal. She advised on health and safety-, environmental- and commercial matters and performed secretarial duties for various boards. In 2006 she joined the Petroleum Agency (Pty) Ltd where she advised on the interpretation of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act of 2002. She played and active role in submissions to the Minister of Minerals and Energy regarding the granting and refusal of Mineral Rights. Her experience as legal advisor at Sasol and the Petroleum Agency of South Africa serves as valuable background when advising and representing clients. She advises on all aspects relating to petroleum industry, upstream as well as down-stream.

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BA (Wits)
LLB (Wits)

Mandy is a senior associate at Bowman Gilfillan. She specialises exclusively in environmental law and natural resources law and has broad experience in the practice of environmental law, particularly in the areas of waste management and pollution law, water law, land development law and conservative law.

She advises a broad range of clients on these and other aspects of environmental regulation and environmental impact assessments.

Mandy is a member of the International Council of Environmental Law and the Environmental Law Commission.

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BLC LLB (Pret) LLM (Wits) LLM (Yale) LLD (Pret).
Attorney and Notary of the High Court of South Africa.

Positions
Professor of Law, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and Consultant at Bowman Gilfillan, Inc
(Previously: Professor of Law and Head of Department of Private law, University of the North; and
Attorney at Bowman Gilfillan, Inc)

Books
Mostert and Badenhorst “Property and the Bill of Rights” being a chapter of Butterworth’s Compendium on the Bill of Rights (LexisNexis Butterworths)
Badenhorst and Mostert Mineral and Petroleum Law of South Africa: Commentary and Statutes Jutas (Nov 2004) (3rd Revision Service)
Badenhorst, Pienaar and Mostert Silberberg and Schoeman’s The Law of Property 4th edition LexisNexis Butterworths (2003).
Badenhorst An Introduction to the Law of Mineral Rights Clevro, Association of Law Societies of South Africa (2000).
Badenhorst “Mining and Minerals” in the Law of South Africa vol 18 first re-issue Butterworths (1999) Original text BLS Franklin.
Badenhorst "Property and the Bill of Rights" being a chapter of Butterworth's Compendium of the Bill of Rights (Butterworth).

Articles in law Journals
Author and co-author of eighty articles/case discussions/notes in Law Journals

Some recent publications:
Badenhorst and Mostert “ Revisiting the transitional arrangements of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 and the Constitutional Property clause” 2003 Stellenbosch Law Review 377; 2004 Stellenbosch Law Review 22..
Badenhorst “Closure of Prospecting Rights, Mining Rights and Mineral Rights in terms of Apartheid Legislation” 2003 Obiter 333.
Badenhorst “Exodus of `Mineral Rights’ from South African Mineral Law” 2004 Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law (IBA) vol 22 218.
Badenhorst “For Old Times Sakes, Meaning of a “Mineral’? - Amstrong v Sehadew Oree t/a Oree’s Cartage and Plant Hire 2004 3 SA 152 (SCA)” 2004 Stellenbosch Law Review 464.
Badenhorst “Nature of New Order Rights to Minerals: a Rubikian Exercise since passing the Mayday Rubicon with a Cubic Circonium” 2005 Obiter 505.

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B Proc (OFS)

Val was appointed a Partner at Bowman Gilfillan in 1989 and remained as such until 2003. Val now acts as a consultant to the firm. Val formerly practiced in the field of general property law and provides advice and assistance in all aspects of property, mining and environmental law, strategy planning, land use planning and the drafting of opinions and agreements. She has made numerous presentations on a number of issues. Val has represented and advised major mining houses on a variety of mining and property law related issues including a public listing of a gold mining company. Val has successfully completed an Environmental and Energy Law Certificate course at Wits University and is a member of the International Bar Association.

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Attorney, notary and conveyancer
Hon Member : Maritime Law Association and Cape Law Society

Partner of F&T 1956
Founder : Maritime Law Society 1974
Currently specialises in petroleum exploration and production (offshore)
Director : Forest Exploration International (SA)
Anschutz Overseas (SA)
Global Offshore Oil Exploration (SA)

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