2023
DELICT
LAWS3041A
1. INTRODUCTION
This course provides the student with a critical understanding of part of the legal discipline
traditionally known as the law of delict. The definitions, histories, and sources of delict are critically
examined. The definitions, histories and sources are then put to practical application through a
survey of principles that regulate three types of injuries: harms to dignity (including hate speech,
defamation, and insult), property (including tangible harm and pure economic loss), and the body
(including RAF liability, assault, and pain and suffering). The role of the Constitution, statutory
liability schemes, customary law, and common law rules are considered for each type of harm.
Finally, litigation strategies for delictual disputes are explored, including the issues of vicarious
liability, transmissibility of actions, and the basics of legal drafting.
AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES OF DELICT
The aims of the delict course:
By the end of this course, for purposes of the final assessment, you should be able to read a
complex set of facts related to a multi-dimensional delict dispute, analyse it, and strategically and
critically work with the law to present a well-considered argument about who should be sued,
what grounds they should be sued on, and what the appropriate remedy will be.
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The learning outcomes of the delict course:
1. The student must be able to consider the range of definitions of delict in the scholarship
and choose an appropriate option.
2. The student must be able to find and distinguish between the different sources of law that
regulate the discipline and be able to identify when different sources apply with reference
to the doctrine of adjudicative subsidiarity.
3. The student must demonstrate an understanding of the constitutional principles of dignity
and how they are relevant to a delictual suit.
4. The student must be able to apply the relevant provisions of hate speech legislation (in
light of applicable case law) to a set of facts.
5. The student must be able to apply the relevant principles of the African customary law of
dignity infringements (in light of relevant scholarly writings) to a set of facts.
6. The student must be able to apply the relevant principles of the common-law actio
iniuriarum (in light of applicable case law), as they relate to defamation and insult, to a
set of facts.
7. The student must be able to apply the relevant provisions of the Constitution, statutes,
and case law to a set of facts related to an incident of property harm where reparations
are sought.
8. The student must be able to apply the relevant provisions of the Constitution, statutes,
and case law to a set of facts related to an incident of bodily harm where reparations are
sought.
9. The student must be able to calculate the appropriate award of damages in a delictual
lawsuit, whether for property harm or for bodily integrity infringements.
10. The student must be able to identify the correct parties to a delict lawsuit and to apply
the principles of vicarious liability to a set of facts.
11. The student must be able to interpret a complex, multi-layered delictual dispute and
devise a litigation strategy for the case, including the drafting of basic court pleadings
and/or a legal memo.
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2. CONTACT DETAILS
COURSE COORDINATOR AND LECTURERS
SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2
PROF EMILE ZITZKE
Course Coordinator & Lecturer, Semester 1 & 2
Law Building Room 62
Office Telephone: 011 7178416
Email: [Link]@[Link]
DR CJ VISSER CHARMIKA SAMARADIWAKERA-WIJESUNDARA
Lecturer Semester 1 Lecturer Semester 2
Law Building Room 46 Office Telephone: 011 717 8404
Office Telephone: 011 717 8586 Email: [Link]@[Link]
Email: [Link]@[Link]
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SAMANTHA BARKLEY Lecturer Semester 2
Lecturer Semester 1
Law Building Room 90
Office Telephone 011 717 8486
Email: Samantha.Barkley1@[Link]
COURSE ADMINISTRATOR
NAME OF COURSE ADMINISTRATOR
VERONICA SETLHABI
Email: [Link]@[Link]
QUERIES AND GRIEVANCE ISSUES:
Kindly take note of the following:
There is a policy about how issues should be escalated in the University. You can access it at:
[Link] Usually, the first port of call is
to contact your assigned lecturer or the lecturer who presented a particular topic. The second
call is to the course coordinator. The third call is to the unit head under which the course falls
and only as a final call to the Head of School.
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3. CONTACT & STUDY TIME
LECTURE MODALITY
Our blended approach:
In 2023, this course will be using a “blended approach” to teaching and learning. By blended we
mean that there are (1) some teaching and learning activities that will take place online, in your
own time, and (2) some in-person interactive sessions on campus. Both (1) and (2) are
compulsory.
Online content:
For each topic, the lecturer concerned will provide students with online material that must be
studied before the in-person sessions. This content can take on the form of narrated PowerPoints,
podcasts, or documents and/or sources of law that need to be read. The aim of the online content
is to familiarise yourself with the basic subject matter of this course.
Face-to-face content:
After you have completed the online content for a specific topic, a live, face-to-face discussion
will take place where we will explore what you have learned online.
To this end, students will be divided into one of nine lecture timeslots (on Ulwazi). Please note
that there will NOT be 3 in-person lectures per week. You will only attend ONE in-person session
per week.
During these lecture slots, face-to-face discussions will take place at a specific venue assigned to
that slot. This allows us to break the big class into many smaller groups that will allow for more
meaningful engagement and discussion, with 100 or less students in a lecture room. Those
discussions will not involve a simply re-teaching of the material. Instead, the lecturers will
facilitate discussions based on problem questions, akin to tutorial-style teaching.
Consultation hours:
Each lecturer will communicate their consultation hours to students where one-on-one or small
groups may meet to discuss the course material. Consultations may take place in person or online,
at the lecturer’s discretion. This is where Oxford-style teaching takes place and students are
encouraged to make use of this opportunity.
NO Tutorials:
Given that the face-to-face lectures will take on the form of interactive discussions, those are
essentially “tutorials”. No other tutorial system will run in 2023 for Delict.
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Preparation and study time:
Independent reading, analysis and research are crucial skills for a legal professional. The
assumption is that you have prepared for the lectures by reading through the prescribed readings
before lectures.
ACCESS TO ULWAZI & EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS
Wits presently uses the “Ulwazi” Learning Management System, powered by CANVAS:
The online learning management system website can be accessed at [Link] (best
viewed on Google Chrome). You will use your Wits login details (username = student email;
password = determined by you) to log into Ulwazi.
You will be automatically added to the relevant courses on registration. You will be allocated a
course tab under your name and student number on Ulwazi for each course that you are registered
for – if you are missing the tab for any course - please contact Wits ICT. Please check Ulwazi regularly
for all online course material.
Email communications:
In addition, all students are allocated a Wits email account which is used for communication with
the Law School. Please ensure that you check your Wits email often and that you use your Wits
email address when communicating with administrative and academic staff at Wits in order to
ensure that your email is not flagged as spam and deleted.
4. STUDY MATERIAL: PRESCRIBED BOOKS & COURSE MATERIAL
PRESCRIBED MATERIAL
All prescribed work must be studied for all assessments. You will not be able to pass the course
without having studied the prescribed material.
• The prescribed textbook is: Zitzke (ed), Visser, & Samaradiwakera-Wijesundara The Law
of Injuries (2023).
• Please note that this is an open access online resource, which means that you will not pay
a single cent towards this textbook. The relevant parts of the book will be made available
to you on Ulwazi. If you want to print it out, that will be at your own expense.
• Further case law, legislation, and academic commentaries are prescribed in The Law of
Injuries. The reading list for each topic may be expanded or reduced during the lectures.
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RECOMMENDED MATERIAL
Recommended readings are in addition to prescribed reading and will assist you in
understanding the work:
We caution students to follow our in-depth reading plan in The Law of Injuries. It is unlikely that
you will pass with course simply by repeating the thoughts of any of the textbooks mentioned
below. For wider reading, students can also consult:
• Neethling & Potgieter Law of Delict 8th Ed (2020)
• Fagan Aquilian Liability (2019)
• Loubser & Midgley The Law of Delict in South Africa 3rd Ed (2018)
• Van der Walt & Midgley Principles of Delict (2016)
5. ASSESSMENT AND MARK CONTRIBUTIONS
GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF ASSESSMENT
Our approach to assessment in this course is based on the Senate Standing Orders on Assessment
of Student Learning (hereafter the “Standing Orders”):
• Principles and values of assessment: The Law School is committed to assessment that is
“unbiased, fair, transparent, valid and reliable” and we use “a variety of assessment forms and
methods… carried out throughout the year”.
• Purposes of assessment: The purposes of assessment include teaching you the requisite
knowledge and skills, detecting problem areas in the work that deserve more attention, testing
whether you have met the outcomes for the course, and ensuring that you display the
necessary competencies required for you to progress towards completing your LLB or other
degree.
• Forms of assessment: Assessments will be continuous (in other words, frequent and ongoing),
formative (done with the aim of giving you feedback to learn and grow in intellectual maturity),
integrated (testing your ability to integrate different parts of the work in a way that exposes
you to the so-called real world), and summative (testing you on different segments of the work
separately and collectively).
• Feedback on assessment: We undertake to give you feedback on the various assessment
opportunities within a reasonable time. Due to the number of students, we will generally
provide very brief and basic comments on written assessments.
• Record keeping: You are required to keep copies of the assessments that you have completed
until the final marks for the course have been published at the end of the year, usually in
December.
• Sub-minimum mark: The minimum mark required for a component of a course. Where a sub-
minimum mark is required, a student cannot pass a course if they do not achieve that mark,
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irrespective of how high the marks may be in the other components of the course. THERE IS
NO SUB-MINIMUM MARK REQUIRED FOR ANY COMPONENT IN THIS COURSE.
• Quality assurance of assessment: A percentage of the course in line with the applicable
Standing Orders will be externally moderated by a subject expert from another University.
SUMMARY OF ASSESSMENTS
Assessment Description Date Weighting:
Contribution to
final mark (%)
Semester Online Exercises Formative Assessment: A Weekly 5%
1 Set 1 collection of online
activities for each topic,
Chapters 1-4.
Written Test 1 Summative Assessment: A TBC 10%
closed-book, sit down, in-
person test covering
Chapters 1-4.
Online Exercises Formative Assessment: A Weekly 5%
Set 2 collection of online
activities for each topic,
Chapters 5-6
Written Test 2 Summative Assessment: A TBC 20%
closed-book, sit down, in-
person test covering
Chapters 5-6
Semester Online Exercises Formative Assessment: A Weekly 5%
2 Set 3 collection of online
activities for each topic,
Chapters 7-12
Written Test 3 Summative Assessment: A TBC 20%
closed-book, sit down, in-
person test covering
Chapters 7-12
Online Exercises Formative Assessment: A Weekly 5%
Set 4 collection of online
activities for each topic,
Chapters 13-20
Exam Summative Assessment: A TBC 30%
closed-book, sit down, in-
person exam covering
Chapters 7-20
FINAL MARK TOTAL: 100%
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Additional time applications:
Extra time may be extended to students whose proven disability prevents them from completing
an assessment in the allotted time. Applications must be made within the first three weeks of the
commencement of a course in each academic year. Late applications will not be considered,
other than in exceptional circumstances, e.g. acute injury. Extra time granted for matriculation
examinations does not apply – a new application to the University must be made.
Application forms are available in the Faculty Offices, Disability Unit (DU), Campus Health and
Wellness Centre (CHWC), and Examinations and Graduation Office (EGO). See at:
[Link]
Publication of assessment marks:
Online assessment marks will be available on the course site on Ulwazi while in-person
assessment scripts will be available for collection at LB 41. This does not apply to final exam
scripts.
Any queries or complaints about a marked script (excluding final exam scripts) must be raised
within two weeks from the date on which the marks become available. Should a student wish to
consult about the assessment, please email your lecturer to schedule a consultation time.
A marking guide for an assessment may be posted on Ulwazi. It is imperative that students first
go through the marking guide before scheduling a consultation with a lecturer. When querying a
mark, students are required to illustrate that they have read the marking guide.
For a final exam, there is a performance review option. This review is not a re-mark of the script.
It is simply a discussion of the script to see where the student went wrong and where the work
can be improved. However, errors such as a miscalculation of a mark will be rectified. The
University rules do not make provision for a re-mark.
6. DEFERRED AND SUPPLEMENTARY OPPORTUNITIES
Deferred Applications:
A deferred assessment may be granted in exceptional circumstances, where a student is unable
to complete an assessment for specified reasons, such as illness.
Note that there will be NO DEFERRED OPPORTUNITIES for the online exercises. If a set of online
exercises counts 20 marks (for example) there will be 30 marks worth of opportunities for that
set. Thus, if you miss 10 marks due to illness or some other catastrophe, you still have the chance
to score 20/20 for that set.
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Applications must be submitted within three days (72 hours) of the due date of the principal
assessment, and must comply with various requirements as set out in the following application
forms:
For June & November exams: Submit your application to the CLM Faculty. Go to Student Self-
Service --> Academic Information --> Application for Deferred Assessment.
For all tests: submit your application to the school of law via
[Link]
Contact the relevant course administrator if you are not able to access the link.
Please note:
• There is no deferred on a deferred.
• The lecturer/course coordinator is not involved in this process. Please do not email your
applications and supporting documentation to them.
• The lecturer/course coordinator has the discretion to decide on the format of the
deferred assessment taking into account the number of deferred students. Typically, the
deferred assessment takes the form of an oral assessment.
Supplementary exams:
No supplementary exams will be awarded to any students by Faculty, except under specific
conditions.
The Board of Examiners may award a student in the final year of study a maximum of two Special
Supplementary Exams once the following conditions are met:
• The student must have no more than two outstanding courses (either full year or semester
courses, regardless of course level or credit value) for degree completion and graduation (as
per the rules of the degree they are registered for).
• The student must have attained a mark of 40% or higher for both outstanding courses.
Please note that a supplementary exam covers the entire course syllabus.
7. STUDENT ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT
Unless otherwise indicated in this course outline, all work that you submit for assessment must
be your own unaided work. Please note that any work (or portion thereof) that you have
submitted for assessment/credit in another course may not be submitted for the same purpose
in this course.
Academic misconduct includes any action which gains, attempts to gain, or assists others in
gaining or attempting to gain an unfair academic advantage. It includes plagiarism, which is a
form of cheating or stealing and is a serious disciplinary offence. It means using the words, ideas
or information produced by another person (source) without properly acknowledging that the
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words, ideas, or information come from that person (or source). Whether you use material that
you obtained from a textbook, a journal article, a reported case or an essay on the Internet, you
must acknowledge your source. In addition, if you are quoting from the source (even if you are
changing the word sequence, or omitting certain parts), you have to put the quoted words in
quotation marks. If you do not, you will be committing plagiarism.
Please familiarise yourself with the different types of academic misconduct that must be
avoided.
A useful summary of different types of plagiarism can be found
at: [Link]
Should you be guilty of academic misconduct you will, at best, end up losing your marks for that
piece of work (i.e. the penalty for plagiarism is a zero grade). You may be prosecuted in a Student
Discipline Court. In serious cases, the sentence could well be exclusion from the University.
Whatever the sentence, any disciplinary conviction is reflected on your student record. This can
have grave consequences for your future career. The University’s policy on plagiarism does not
distinguish between deliberate and accidental plagiarism and regards both as unethical and
punishable.
If found guilty you will also not receive a ‘fit and proper letter’ or ‘certificate of good conduct’ on
completion of your degree. A fit and proper letter is required to register as a candidate legal
practitioner and to be admitted as a legal practitioner.
Please use the following link for the Student Academic Misconduct Policy:
[Link]
[Link]
8. STUDY THEMES & OUTCOMES
To reach the exit-level outcome, the following study themes and more specific outcomes must
be attained:
STUDY THEME 1: FOUNDATIONS
TEXTBOOK CHAPTERS:
The Law of Injuries Chapters 1-2.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
The main aim of this Study Theme is to introduce you to the concept of delict and its sources.
To this end, after completing this Study Theme you should be able to:
1.1 Describe how delict is traditionally defined.
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1.2 Explain the historical roots of the South African law of delict, with specific focus on the
“African tradition”, “Anglo-American/casuistic” and the “Continental/generalising”
approaches to the study of delict.
1.3 Evaluate and critique (in light of 1.1 and 1.2) whether the traditional definitions of delict
are suitable for South Africa today.
1.4 Discuss the underlying philosophy and the purposes of the modern South African law of
delict.
1.5 Recall the different sources of South African law, their respective weights and where/how
to access these sources.
1.6 Understand and argue a case for a transformative approach to delict.
1.7 Understand and explain how the Constitution filters through the law of delict.
STUDY THEME 2: INJURIES TO DIGNITY
TEXTBOOK CHAPTERS:
The Law of Injuries Chapters 3-6.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
The main aim of this Study Theme is to introduce you to the basic rules, principles and policy
considerations underlying “harm to dignity” in the South African law of delict.
To this end, after completing this Study Theme you should be able to:
2.1 Understand the constitutional idea and protection of dignity.
2.2 Explain the scope of statutory liability for dignity harm and apply relevant legislation to a
set of facts.
2.3 Identify, analyse and apply the different substantive rules and values related to the
customary law of dignity harm and the remedies involved for different types of dignity
harm.
2.4 As to the common law of damage to dignity: Identify, analyse and apply the requirements
for liability for dignity infringements as well as accompanying defences and remedies.
STUDY THEME 3: INJURIES TO PROPERTY
TEXTBOOK CHAPTERS:
The Law of Injuries Chapters 7-15.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
The main aim of this Study Theme is to introduce you to the basic rules, principles and policy
considerations underlying “patrimonial harm” or sometimes “damage to property” or “pecuniary
loss”, historically known as “Aquilian liability” in the South African law of delict.
To this end, after completing this Study Theme you should be able to:
3.1 Understand the constitutional protection of property.
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3.2 Explain the scope of statutory liability for patrimonial harm and apply relevant legislation
to a set of facts.
3.3 Identify, analyse and apply the different substantive and procedural rules related to the
customary law of patrimonial harm and the remedies involved for different types of
patrimonial harm.
3.4 As to the common law of damage to property:
3.4.1 Identify the type of harm to which the common law of damage to property relates.
3.4.2 Explain the types of conduct that can establish the delict of damage to property.
3.4.3 Discuss and analyse the different rules, principles and policy considerations
underlying the determination of fault in damage to property cases.
3.4.4 Discuss and analyse the different rules, principles and policy considerations
underlying the determination of wrongfulness in damage to property cases.
3.4.5 Understand the difference between factual and legal causation as applied to
damage to property, and evaluate fervent critiques levelled against (and defences
of) recent case law on causation (in damage to property matters).
3.4.6 Identify, explain and reflect on the different remedies available to a victim of
damage to property.
STUDY THEME 4: INJURIES TO THE BODY
TEXTBOOK CHAPTERS:
The Law of Injuries Chapters 16-18.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
The main aim of this Study Theme is to introduce you to the basic rules, principles and policy
considerations underlying claims for “pain and suffering”.
To this end, after completing this Study Theme you should be able to:
4.1 Understand the constitutional protection of bodily integrity.
4.2 Explain the scope of statutory liability for bodily harm and apply relevant legislation to a
set of facts.
4.3 Identify, analyse and apply the different substantive rules and values related to the
customary law of bodily harm and the remedies involved for different types of bodily
harm.
4.4 Identify the types of harm to which the common-law delict of pain and suffering relates.
You must also understand and be able to apply that the common-law principles related
to conduct, causation, fault and (certain parts of) wrongfulness already discussed under
the heading of damage to property can be transposed to the action for pain and suffering.
4.2 Identify, explain and reflect on the computation of the quantum of damages awarded to
victims of pain and suffering.
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STUDY THEME 5: LITIGATION
TEXTBOOK CHAPTERS:
The Law of Injuries Chapters 19-20.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
The main aim of this Study Theme is to enlighten you about how one strategizes a delictual
lawsuit.
To this end, after completing this Study Theme you should be able to:
5.1 Identify and explain the different types of plaintiffs/applicants in delict cases.
5.2 Identify and explain the different types of defendants/respondents in delict cases.
5.3 Identify and explain when there will be no title to sue or be sued.
5.4 Apply your knowledge obtained in this course to go about solving complex legal problems
with a strategic social justice angle.
5.5 Draft relevant court documents related to a delictual dispute. For action proceedings, you
should know how to draft a summons, particulars of claim, plea, counterclaim, replication
and counterplea. For application proceedings, you should know how to draft a notice of
motion, affidavit, and answering affidavit. For both application and action proceedings,
you should know how to construct heads of argument and a legal memorandum.
9. YOUR SUCCESS AND WELL-BEING
ROAD TO SUCCESS PROGRAMME:
The Road to Success Programme, or RSP is the Faculty of Commerce, Law, and Management’s
student success and support programme. It provides non-academic support to first-year through
fourth-year students in the faculty. The RSP aims to guide CLM students on their path to personal
and academic success from registration to graduation. This is achieved through an integrated
network of group tutorials and one-on-one consultations with RSP Advisors. The RSP aims to help
students succeed by helping them take responsibility for their own success, and can assist with:
• the development of excellence skills (e.g. time management, study skills for university,
note taking, and reflective practice);
• personal problems and concerns;
• food and clothing provisions;
• funding applications;
• academic advising.
RSP Coordinators
Name: Tshepiso Maleswena
Office: CLM Building, Room 50
Email address: [Link]@[Link]
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Office phone: (011)-717 8138
Advisors:
Name: Aneshree Nayager
Office: CLM Building, Room 52
Email address: [Link]@[Link]
Name: Mbongeni Shungube
Office: CLM Building, Room 50
Email address: [Link]@[Link]
Name: Siyasamkela Jinoyi
Office: CLM Building, Room 49
Email address: [Link]@[Link]
COUNSELLING & CAREER DEVELOPMENT UNIT (CCDU):
Based on an ethos of student-centeredness, the CCDU is staffed by a small but dedicated team of
professionals inclusive of psychologists, social workers, careers educators, life coaches and
administrators who offer a variety of supportive and empowering services to the student
community.
The following services are available through the Counselling & Careers Development Unit:
• Career Services - career development through career counselling/education, psychometric
career assessments and personal development workshops.
• Therapy Services - one-on-one counselling and/or group therapy, trauma debriefing and
psycho-education in the form of workshops and talks.
• HIV/AIDS Education and Support Services - holistic interventions and programmes for
students affected and infected by HIV/AIDS.
• Learn for Life - is a structured programme that provides psychosocial learning and life skills
development for students through the facilitation of group processes, presentations,
workshops and trainings.
• Graduate Recruitment - A programme that facilitates contact between students and
prospective employers through the organisation of career exhibitions, company
presentations, and foyer interviews.
Emergency & after hours contacts:
• LifeLine (24 hours) 011 728 1347 or 0861 322 322
• South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) (08h00-20h00)
o SADAG Helpline: 0800 12 13 14 or SMS 32312
o SADAG Suicide Crisis Line 800 567 567 or SMS 31393
• Akeso Psychiatric Response Unit (24 Hour) 0861 435 7
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STUDENT ELEARNING ADVISOR SUPPORT FOR USING ULWAZI AND TURNITIN
If you need assistance with anything related to Ulwazi for learning or online assessments, please
contact Phumzile Shongwe at the CLM Teaching and Learning Centre. She can assist with:
• how to log into Ulwazi
• how to find and download course material in Ulwazi
• how to submit online assignments to Ulwazi
• how to view Turnitin reports
• how to take online quizzes
• how to view grades
• how to use Microsoft Teams
• and more
Email: COLTStudentSupport@[Link]
WITS SCHOOL OF LAW WRITING CENTRE
Wits School of Law has its own writing centre, staffed by two academics (Dr Mkhululi Nyathi and
Dr Jean Moore) and a group of peer writing consultants (senior LLB or LLM students who are
trained to assist with legal and academic writing). The writing centre, and writing centre offices,
are on the ground floor of the Law building, between the library and the administrative block.
Writing Centre staff are mandated to assist with writing matters only – such as structure,
development of argument, coherence, style, language, understanding plagiarism, and
referencing. They will not advise on content.
Tips for the most productive use of the writing centre:
• Contact us early on in your research and writing process: We can only really help if you
leave yourself enough time to apply the feedback we give you. We are not able to assist
just before submission deadlines.
• Send us a draft of your work before your consultation, so that we are able to read it before
we meet with you.
• We do not edit your work or footnotes for you – that is your job. If you struggle with either
of these areas, though, speak to us early and we will help you to develop these skills for
yourself.
• We can help you to understand what plagiarism means and point out any glaring
examples, but you are solely responsible for ensuring that there is no plagiarism in your
work.
How to book a session at the writing centre:
• All bookings for appointments to see a peer writing consultant are made through our
booking engine: [Link]. (NB: this link will only go live on
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Friday the 3rd of March 2023, once the consultation schedule is finalised). The consultation
schedule will be sent to all Law students, via your student email.
• Bookings need to be made at least 24 hours in advance. Choose the day and time that
suits you, and fill in your details. You can choose whether to meet in person or online. If
you select an online consultation, a consultant will contact you to set up the online
meeting. For in-person consultations, please just arrive at the Writing Centre a few
minutes before your scheduled appointment.
If you subsequently realise that you cannot attend the consultation at that time, please ensure
that you cancel your appointment, so that another student can use that time instead.
If you experience any problems with the booking engine, please email Dr Jean Moore
([Link]@[Link]).
The writing centre will be open for consultations from Monday 6 March 2023. Please note that
writing consultants are only available during term time and not during the breaks between blocks.
If you require urgent writing assistance during the breaks, you may email Dr Nyathi
([Link]@[Link]) or Dr Moore (email above).
Research students (fourth year research essay; LLM research report; LLM dissertation; and PhD)
generally consult with one of the academic staff members at the writing centre, Dr Nyathi or Dr
Moore. This must be done with the agreement of your supervisor. Research consultation requests
should be sent via email, not through the booking engine.
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