Honorable Deputy Judge President Patricia Lynette Goliath (born 15 October 1964) is a judge of the

High Court of South Africa The High Court of South Africa is a superior court of law in South Africa. It is divided into nine provincial divisions, some of which sit in more than one location. Each High Court division has general jurisdiction over a defined geographical ...

and the Deputy Judge President of the

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. Deputy Judge President Goliath acted as a Constitutional Justice at the Constitutional Court of South Africa for 1 year in 2018.

Early life and education

Goliath was born in Cape Town and matriculated at

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in 1982. She received her tertiary education at the

University of the Western Cape The University of the Western Cape (UWC) is a public research university in Bellville, near Cape Town, South Africa. The university was established in 1959 by the South African government as a university for Coloured people only. Other un ...

where she graduated with a BA and a

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. She then obtained an LL.M. and a Certificate in Labour Law at the

University of Cape Town The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university statu ...

. She also obtained a Diploma in Insolvency Law at the

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Career

Deputy Judge President Goliath was admitted as an attorney in 1990. She has served on various committees of the Cape Law Society, such as the criminal law and pro bono committees and has also served as an examiner for the lawyers' entrance examination. She was appointed judge to the

on the 1st of January 2006. In 2016 she was appointed the successor to Justice Jeanette Traverso as the Deputy Judge President of the Western Cape High Court. During 2018, she sat as acting Justice at the Constitutional Court of South Africa.

References

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