285pp., paperback, Staging Post, Auckland Park, 2025

ISBN: 9781067266448

Autobiography by Jeremy Pickering, retired Judge of the High Court.

"It is a delightful memoir, entertaining, richly populated and wittily written. I have read it with amusement and enjoyment. It will be of interest not only to lawyers but also to laypeople." Edwin Cameron, retired Constitutional Court Justice

"It is a wonderful, humorously written account of not only the author’s life but also part of the history of the Eastern Cape." Johan Froneman, retired Constitutional Court Justice

Jeremy Pickering (b. 1949) grew up on a farm in the Eastern Cape. He studied law at Stellenbosch University, worked in the office of the Attorney General in Grahamstown, as well as overseas as a clown and as an assistant on a pig farm before returning to practise as an advocate at the Transkei Bar in Mthatha. In 1986, at the height of the State of Emergency, he joined the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) in Port Elizabeth, opened an LRC office in Grahamstown in 1987, and served as its Director until 1992, when he was appointed as a Judge of the High Court of the Eastern Cape Division. He served as a judge for 27 years, before retiring in 2019. He lives in Kenton-on-Sea.

RAISING THE BAR, the making of a judge

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