Benjamin Tindall Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Benjamin Tindall
Honorific-Suffix:KC
Office:Judge of the Appellate Division
Term Start:1938
Term End:1949
Office1:Judge President of the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa
Term Start1:1937
Term End1:1938
Predecessor1:Daniël de Waal
Successor1:Leopold Greenberg
Office2:Judge of the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa
Term Start2:1922
Term End2:1937
Birthname:Benjamin Arthur Tindall
Birth Date:1879 4, df=y
Birth Place:Leliefontein, Cape Colony
Death Place:Johannesburg, South Africa
Alma Mater:Victoria College
Profession:Advocate

Benjamin Arthur Tindall KC (26 April 1879 – 3 February 1963) was a South African judge who served as Judge President of the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa and Judge op Appeal.[1]

Early life and education

Tindall was born in Leliefontein, a small Wesleyan mission station in the Namaqualand region of South Africa. His father, Henry Tindall, was a Wesleyan missionary, who also travelled widely in the area and became an expert on the customs and language of the Nama people.[2] Tindall received his schooling at the Stellenbosch Gymnasium, after which he went on to the Victoria College in Stellenbosch, where he obtained a BA in Literature and an LL.B. in 1901.[3]

Career

Tindall started his working life in the Cape Civil Service and then as private secretary of Justice James Rose Innes. He joined the Cape Bar in January 1903 and a month later he joined the Pretoria Bar. He took silk in 1919 and in 1922 was appointed a judge of the Transvaal Provincial Division. Tindall was appointed Judge President of the Transvaal Division in 1937 and in 1938 he was appointed to the Appellate Division.[4]

Published works

Tindall was the editor of the autobiography by the second Chief Justice of South Africa, James Rose Innes, titled:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Southern Cross: Civil Law and Common Law in South Africa. Zimmermann, Reinhard. Clarendon Press. 1996. 130. 9780198260875.
  2. Book: de Kock, W. J.. Dictionary of South African biography: Vol I. Human Sciences Research Council. 1968. Pretoria. 796.
  3. Book: Who's who of Southern Africa 1962. Wootton & Gibson (PTY) LTD. 1962. Johannesburg. 742.
  4. Web site: Supreme Court of Appeal: History. live. 2021-03-24. www.supremecourtofappeal.org.za. https://web.archive.org/web/20200925111323/https://www.supremecourtofappeal.org.za/index.php/history . 2020-09-25 .
  5. Book: Rose-Innes, James. B. A.. Tindall. James Rose Innes: Chief Justice of South Africa, 1914-27 : Autobiography. 1949. Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press. en.