The Honourable
Frans Lourens Herman Rumpff
DMS
14th Chief Justice of South Africa
In office
1974–1982
Preceded byNewton Ogilvie Thompson
Succeeded byPierre Rabie
Judge of the Appellate Division
In office
1961–1974
Judge President of the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa
In office
1959–1961
Preceded byG. J. Maritz
Succeeded byQuartus de Wet
Judge of the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa
In office
1951–1959
Personal details
Born(1912-06-05)5 June 1912
Standerton, Transvaal, Union of South Africa (now Mpumalanga)
Died4 April 1992(1992-04-04) (aged 79)
South Africa
Alma materUniversity of Pretoria

Frans Lourens Herman Rumpff, DMS (5 June 1912 – 4 April 1992) was the Chief Justice of South Africa from 1974 to 1982.[1]

Early life and education

Born in Standerton, Transvaal, Rumpff was educated at the University of Pretoria, where he obtained a BA (1933) and LLB (1935). From 1936 to 1938, he was employed by the Department of Justice and then he became clerk of Judge Maritz of the Transvaal Provincial Division.[2]

Career

In 1938, Rumpff decided to practice as an advocate and joined the Pretoria Bar and also taught part-time in private law at the University of Pretoria. He was appointed King's Counsel in 1951. He was appointed to the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa in 1951, and served on the court until 1961.[3] He was the Judge President of the court from 1959 to 1961. In 1961, he was one of the judges who acquitted all the defendants in the Treason Trial.

In 1961, he was appointed to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa. He became Chief Justice of South Africa in 1974 in succession to Newton Ogilvie Thompson, and served in that position until his retirement in 1982.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rumpff, Frans Lourens Herman (1952). "Frans Lourens Herman Rumpff (Chief Justice of South Africa, 1974-1982): treason trial 1957-1960". Court proceedings.
  2. ↑ Corbett, M. M. (October 1992). "Nuus oor die regbank" (PDF). Consultus (in Afrikaans). General Council of the Bar of South Africa. 5 (2): 141–143.
  3. 1 2 Kahn, Ellison (1982). "Retirement of the Chief Justice, Mr Justice F.L.H. Rumpff". The South African Law Journal. 99.


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