School of Law

Biography:

Mr Avishkaar Ramdhin is a Lecturer in the fields of Negotiable Instruments, Criminal Law, Environmental Law, Administrative Law and Land Use and Planning. He holds a Bachelor of Law (LLB) degree summa cum laude and a Master in Law (LLM) degree in environmental law from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). Ramdhin is an admitted Attorney of the High Court, South Africa, a qualified Conveyancer and a Honourary member of the Golden Key International Honour Society. His research interests include Criminal Law, Environmental Law and Banking Law.

Academic Qualifications:

• LLB
• LLM (UKZN)

Professional Qualifications:

• Admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa
• Qualified conveyancer

Research Interests:

• Banking law
• Administrative Law
• Criminal Law
• Environmental Law

Membership of Professional & Other Organisations:

• NADAL

Publications

• Note published in 2008 (15) SAJELP 127 entitled: The use of the EIA process to protect purely commercial interests: The case of Fuel Retailers Association of South Africa v Director-General Environmental Management, Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment, Mpumalanga Province & others. Author: A Ramdhin

Recent Papers delivered:

• 2013 (3) TSAR 522. ‘The law relating to bankers’ references in South Africa’
• ‘Private defence as a justification ground for battered woman who kill their abusive spouses’. Presented at the Conference of the Society of Law Teachers of Southern Africa (July 2009)
• 2008 (15) SAJELP 127, The use of the EIA process to protect purely commercial interests: The case of Fuel Retailers Association of South Africa v Director-General Environmental Management, Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment, Mpumalanga Province & others. A Ramdhin

Membership of Professional & Other Organisations:

• Honourary member of the Golden Key International Honour Society