Allyn Winchester SC
Call
Called 1976 (SA); 2002 (E&W)
Practice groups
Education
Matriculated 1966 at Marist Brothers College, Durban
University of Natal, Bachelor of Commerce, 1971
University of South Africa, Bachelor of Laws, 1975
Practice
Appointed Senior Counsel in South Africa in 2000
Commenced practice in South Africa in 1978 and has practicsed continuously since that date
Experience
Extensive general civil litgation and arbitration experience particularly in matters relating to employment/labour, tort, trade/competition, companies, contract, construction, insolvency, insurance, intellectual property, immovable property, landlord and tenant and personal injuries.
Presiding officer in numerous enquiries
Several appointments as an Acting Judge of the High Court of South Africa and in that capacity presiding in opposed and unopposed applications, trials and civil and criminal appeals.
Membership
The Society of Advocates of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
The Honourable Society of Lincolns Inn
Interests
History, collecting Anglo-Zulu War literature, reading, politics, photography, golf, yachting and fly fishing.
Member of the Durban Country Club and the Royal Natal Yacht Club, both in South Africa
Past Commodore of the Royal Natal Yacht Club.
