Carole Lewis | |
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Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal | |
In office 1 January 2003 – 2019 | |
Appointed by | Thabo Mbeki |
Judge of the High Court | |
In office 1 November 1999 – 31 December 2002 | |
Appointed by | Thabo Mbeki |
Division | Transvaal Provincial Division |
Personal details | |
Born | Carole Hélène Dyzenhaus 26 October 1953 Johannesburg, South Africa |
Spouse | Stephen Lewis |
Alma mater | Witwatersrand University |
Carole Hélène Lewis (née Dyzenhaus; born 26 October 1953) is a South African retired judge and legal academic. She served in the Supreme Court of Appeal from 2003 until her retirement in 2019. Before that, she was a judge of the Transvaal Provincial Division. Until her appointment to the bench in November 1999, she was a professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, where she was dean of the School of Law from 1993 to 1998.