Daniel Pretorius

Career

Daniel practises in the public law, regulatory and dispute resolution areas. He specialises in constitutional and administrative law, judicial review, education law, public procurement, technology, media and telecommunications law, access to information, legislative drafting and interpretation of statutes.

Daniel completed his articles at Bowmans in 1994 and became a partner in the firm in 1998. He was a part-time lecturer in the post-graduate Advanced Broadcasting Law course at the University of the Witwatersrand for several years. In 2008, he was appointed to the South African Law Reform Commission’s advisory committee on statutory law revision by the Minister of Justice.

Daniel has served on the governing bodies of several independent schools: St John’s College, Johannesburg; Holy Family College, Parktown; and St Martin de Porres School, Orlando West. He also served on the board of a Southern Africa regional refugee support service for ten years.

He holds BA and LLB degrees from the University of Stellenbosch, an Honours degree in History and an LLM from the University of South Africa, and a PhD in administrative law from the University of the Witwatersrand.