Owen Dean selected for Best Lawyers in South Africa in Intellectual Property Law Practice
The incumbent of the Chair of Intellectual Property Law, Prof Owen Dean, has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the latest edition of Best Lawyers in South Africa in the practice area of Intellectual Property Law. Congratulations to Prof Dean. To be selected by one’s peers as a leading practitioner in your field is without doubt an honour worth celebrating, made all the more significant considering that Prof Dean has been retired from full time practice for some years. Prof Dean has been in practice as an Intellectual Property Attorney at Spoor & Fisher for more than 30...
Read MoreThe First Step
This is an editorial article contributed to the 50th year Commemorative Edition of Responsa Meridiana. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a first step”. So said Lao-tzu, the Chinese philosopher, who lived in the fifth century BC. How true this can be of a legal career and indeed of any on-going venture. When one looks back over a career, one realises just how important the first step embarking on that career was. Often the significance of the step was not realised at the time and perhaps it was not even recognised as a first step. This only becomes apparent in...
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