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| Professor Frederick Noel Zaal | ||
Biography:
Professor Frederick Noel Zaal interest is child care and protection law and In particularly interested in the role of courts in protecting children.
Appointment Designation:
Honorary Research Fellows
Academic Qualifications:
BA LLB Natal University, LLM University of Durban Westville, LLM Columbia University, Ph.D. Wits University.
Professional Qualifications:
Advocate of the High Court.
Research Interests:
Child Care and Protection Law
Recent Publications:
- ‘A First Finding of Unconstitutionality in the Children’s Act 38 of 2005: C and others v Gauteng Department of Health and Social Welfare and others‘ 2012, 75 THRHR 168-176.
- Articulating common law and statutory parental responsibilities: Wheeler v Wheeler and other cases‘ (Co-written with Meda Couzens, Lecturer in Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal. 2012, TSAR 188-194).
- ‘Protecting Parties from Ambush: Some Recommendations on Discovery in Children’s Court Litigation’. 2011, 128 SALJ 632-641. Co-Written with Rani Pillay, Lecturer in Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal (first author).
- ‘Intrusive Care and Protection Assessments: When Should Children Have a Right to Say No?’ 2011, 27 South African Journal on Human Rights 381-397. Co-written with Carmel Matthias (first author).
- ‘Intermediaries for Child Witnesses: Old Problems, New Solutions and Judicial Differences in South Africa’ Article co-written with Carmel Matthias (first author). In 19 (2011) The International Journal on Children’s Rights 251-269.
Recent Papers Delivered:
- ‘Interdisciplinary Education for Child Law Specialists: the Case for, and a Proposed Model’. Co-presented with Prof Carmel R Matthias at the Commonwealth Legal Education Association Conference, Durban, 13 April 2013.
- ‘The Need for a Helping Hand: Divorce and Disadvantaged Litigants in the Lower Courts’. Co-presented with Eben Van der Merwe at the Commonwealth Legal Education Association Conference, Durban, 14 April 2013.
