Paul Hoffman
Paul Hoffman SC, a native of Johannesburg and a Wits graduate, practised law at the side bar from 1975 to 1980 and at the Cape Bar from 1980 to 2006. He took silk (senior counsel status) in 1995 and acted on the Cape Bench at the invitation of three successive Judges President. After retiring from the Bar, he was founding director of the Centre for Constitutional Rights and co-founder, in 2009, of Accountability Now, both NGOs that promote constitutionalism.
He is best known for his work on the irregularities in the SA arms deals, on the unconstitutionality of the Hawks anti-corruption unit and on the bread cartel case in which a general class action was developed by the SA courts.
Yoga and long dog-walks on the beaches and mountains around his home in Cape Town help keep him inspired to seek that elusive better life for all. He is the author of many articles and two books, Confronting the Corrupt (2016) and Countering the Corrupt (2021).