{"id":1202,"date":"2012-01-30T15:33:37","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T13:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/?page_id=1202"},"modified":"2025-08-29T14:49:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T12:49:43","slug":"bernard-wessels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/staff\/privaat-reg-private-law\/bernard-wessels\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof Bernard Wessels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2024\/02\/Bernard-Wessels.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8576\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2024\/02\/Bernard-Wessels.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2024\/02\/Bernard-Wessels.png 288w, http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2024\/02\/Bernard-Wessels-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>Associate Professor | Medeprofessor<\/p>\n<p>BA (Hons) LLB (Stell) BCL (Oxon) LLD (Stell)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Email | E-pos:\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:abwessels@sun.ac.za\">abwessels@sun.ac.za<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<table style=\"width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 48%;text-align: justify\" width=\"48%\">Bernard Wessels obtained his BA (Humanities) (<em>cum laude<\/em>), BA (Hons) (Afrikaans and Dutch) (<em>cum laude<\/em>) and his LLB (<em>cum laude<\/em>) from the University of Stellenbosch. He completed his articles of clerkship at Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Inc in 2010 and was admitted as an attorney of the Supreme Court of South Africa in Cape Town in 2010. In 2012 he joined the Law Faculty as a lecturer. He currently teaches Private Law 373 (law of delict) and is also involved in the LLM in Comparative Private Law. In 2014 he obtained his BCL degree (<em>first<\/em>) from the University of Oxford (University College) and in 2018 he obtained his LLD degree from the University of Stellenbosch. The title of the dissertation was: \u2018Developing the South African law of delict the creation of a statutory compensation fund for crime victims\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Modules taught<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Law of delict<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fields of specialisation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Law of delict, Comparative law and legal history<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2%;text-align: justify\" width=\"2%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49%;text-align: justify\" width=\"49%\">Bernard Wessels het \u0149 BA (Geesteswetenskappe) (<em>cum laude<\/em>), BA (Hons) (Afrikaans en Nederlands) (<em>cum laude<\/em>) asook sy LLB (<em>cum laude<\/em>) grade aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch verwerf. Hy het sy klerkskap by Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Inc in 2010 voltooi en is daarna as \u0149 prokureur van die Hooggeregshof van Suid-Afrika in Kaapstad toegelaat. In 2012 is hy as \u0149 dosent by die Fakulteit Regsgeleerdheid aangestel. Hy doseer tans Privaatreg 373 (deliktereg) en is ook betrokke by die LLM-module in Regsvergelykende Privaatreg. In 2014 het hy sy BCL-graad (met onderskeiding) aan die Universiteit van Oxford (University College) ontvang en in 2018 verwerf hy sy LLD-graad aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch. Die onderwerp van sy proefskrif was \u201cDeveloping the South African law of delict: The creation of a statutory compensation fund for crime victims\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Modules aangebied<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Deliktereg<\/p>\n<p><strong>Areas van belangstelling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Deliktereg, Regsvergelyking en regsgeskiedenis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Publications\/Publikasies<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nChapters in books\/Hoofstukke in boeke <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wessels AB \u201cHarm arising from medical malpractice in South Africa\u201d in D Bach-Golecka (ed)\u00a0<em>Compensation schemes for damages caused by healthcare and alternatives to court proceedings<\/em>\u00a0(part of Springer (Ius Comparatum \u2013 Global Studies in Comparative Law series)) (forthcoming: 2019).<\/li>\n<li>Wessels AB &amp; R Midgley \u201cIntroduction\u201d in R Midgley &amp; MM Loubser (eds)\u00a0<em>The Law of Delict in South Africa\u00a0<\/em>3 ed (2017), United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.<\/li>\n<li>Wessels AB &amp; R Midgley, \u201cDelict and the Constitution\u201d in R Midgley &amp; MM Loubser (eds)\u00a0<em>The Law of Delict in South Africa\u00a0<\/em>3 ed (2017), United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.<\/li>\n<li>Wessels AB \u201cLiability in Contract Excluding Delict\u201d in R Midgley &amp; MM Loubser (eds) <em>The Law of Delict in South Africa\u00a0<\/em>3 ed (2017), United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.<\/li>\n<li>Wessels AB \u201cExemption Clauses\u201d in R Midgley &amp; MM Loubser (eds)\u00a0<em>The Law of Delict in South Africa\u00a0<\/em>3 ed (2017), United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.<\/li>\n<li>Wessels AB \u201cInterference with Contractual Relations in R Midgley &amp; MM Loubser (eds)\u00a0<em>The Law of Delict in South Africa\u00a0<\/em>3 ed (2017), United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.<\/li>\n<li>Wessels AB \u201cBreach of a Statutory Duty\u201d in R Midgley &amp; MM Loubser (eds)\u00a0<em>The Law of Delict in South Africa\u00a0<\/em>3 ed (2017), United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.<\/li>\n<li>Wessels AB \u201cInjury or Death of Another Person\u201d in R Midgley &amp; MM Loubser (eds)\u00a0<em>The Law of Delict in South Africa\u00a0<\/em>3 ed (2017), United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.<\/li>\n<li>Wessels AB \u201cLegal and Public Policy Considerations that have Justified the Statutory Development of the Law of Delict\u201d in R Midgley &amp; MM Loubser (eds)\u00a0<em>The Law of Delict in South Africa\u00a0<\/em>3 ed (2017), United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.<\/li>\n<li>Wessels AB \u201cCompensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act 130 of 1993\u201d in R Midgley &amp; MM Loubser (eds)\u00a0<em>The Law of Delict in South Africa\u00a0<\/em>3 ed (2017), United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.<\/li>\n<li>Wessels AB \u201cThe Road Accident Fund Act 56 of 1996\u201d in R Midgley &amp; MM Loubser (eds)\u00a0<em>The Law of Delict in South Africa\u00a0<\/em>3 ed (2017), United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Journal articles\/Joernaalartikels\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wessels AB \u201cB\u00e9n\u00e9dict Winiger, Responsibility, Restoration and Fault\u201d<em>\u00a0<\/em>(2019) 23 <em>Edinburgh Law Review<\/em> 286-288.<\/li>\n<li>Wessels AB \u201cThe expansion of the state\u2019s liability for harm arising from medical malpractice: underlying reasons, deleterious consequences and potential reform\u201d (2019) 1 <em>Tydskrif vir die Suid Afrikaanse Reg<\/em> 1-24.<\/li>\n<li>Wessels AB \u201cThe role played by trust in imposing vicarious liability on the state for the intentionally-committed violent crimes of police officers\u201d (2018) 4 <em>Tydskrif vir die Suid Afrikaanse Reg<\/em> 868-822.<\/li>\n<li>Wessels AB \u201cReconsidering the legal position of victims of violent crime:\u00a0<em>DN v MEC for Health\u00a0<\/em>2014 (3) SA 49 (FB);\u00a0<em>MEC for Health v DN<\/em>\u00a02015 (1) SA 182 (SCA)\u201d (2015) 36 <em>Obiter<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Wessels AB \u201cVisser &amp; Potgieter: Law of Damages 3 ed by JM Potgieter, L Steynberg &amp; TB Floyd. Juta &amp; Co Ltd 2012\u201d (2013) 3 <em>Stellenbosch Law Review<\/em>\u00a0645-647.<\/li>\n<li>Wessels AB \u201cAlternatiewe benaderings ten opsigte van feitelike kousaliteit in die deliktereg\u201d\u00a0(2013) 3 <em>Litnet Afrikaans<\/em> 68-112.<\/li>\n<li>Wessels AB \u201cFaktore en beleidsoorwegings by die bepaling van \u2019n kontraksparty se regsplig teenoor \u2019n derde party: \u2019n kritiese bespreking van Viv\u2019s Tippers (Pty) Ltd v Pha Phama Staff Services (Pty) Ltd t\/a Pha Phama Security 2010 4 SA 455 (HHA)\u201d<em>\u00a0<\/em>(2012) 3 <em>Litnet Afrikaans<\/em> 204-236.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Privaatreg \/ Private Law\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/staff\/privaat-reg-private-law\/\">Terug \/ Back<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Professor | Medeprofessor BA (Hons) LLB (Stell) BCL (Oxon) LLD (Stell) Email | E-pos:\u00a0 abwessels@sun.ac.za &nbsp; &nbsp; Bernard Wessels obtained his BA (Humanities) (cum laude), BA (Hons) (Afrikaans and Dutch) (cum laude) and his LLB (cum laude) from the University of Stellenbosch. 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