Benjamin Arthur Tindall KC (26 April 1879 – 3 February 1963) was a South African judge who served as Judge President of the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa and Judge op Appeal.[1]
Early life and education
Tindall was born in Leliefontein, a small Wesleyan mission station in the Namaqualand region of South Africa. His father, Henry Tindall, was a Wesleyan missionary, who also travelled widely in the area and became an expert on the customs and language of the Nama people.[2] Tindall received his schooling at the Stellenbosch Gymnasium, after which he went on to the Victoria College in Stellenbosch, where he obtained a BA in Literature and an LL.B. in 1901.[1][3]
Career
Tindall started his working life in the Cape Civil Service and then as private secretary of Justice James Rose Innes. He joined the Cape Bar in January 1903 and a month later he joined the Pretoria Bar. He took silk in 1919 and in 1922 was appointed a judge of the Transvaal Provincial Division. Tindall was appointed Judge President of the Transvaal Division in 1937 and in 1938 he was appointed to the Appellate Division.[3][4]
Published works
Tindall was the editor of the autobiography by the second Chief Justice of South Africa, James Rose Innes, titled:
- James Rose Innes: Chief Justice of South Africa, 1914-27: Autobiography; first published in 1949.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b Zimmermann, Reinhard (1996). Southern Cross: Civil Law and Common Law in South Africa. Clarendon Press. p. 130. ISBN 9780198260875.
- ^ de Kock, W. J. (1968). Dictionary of South African biography: Vol I. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council. p. 796.
- ^ a b Who's who of Southern Africa 1962. Johannesburg: Wootton & Gibson (PTY) LTD. 1962. p. 742.
- ^ "Supreme Court of Appeal: History". www.supremecourtofappeal.org.za. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ Rose-Innes, James (1949). Tindall, B. A. (ed.). James Rose Innes: Chief Justice of South Africa, 1914-27 : Autobiography. Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press.