Patricia Goliath | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Judge President of the Western Cape High Court | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2016 | |
| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Judge President | John Hlophe |
| Preceded by | Jeanette Traverso |
| Judge of the High Court | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2006 | |
| President | Thabo Mbeki |
| Division | Western Cape |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1964 Cape Town, South Africa |
| Education | Athlone High School |
| Alma mater | University of the Western Cape University of Cape Town |
Patricia Lynette Goliath (born 15 October 1964) is a South African judge of the High Court of South Africa. She has been the acting Judge President of the Western Cape Division since December 2022, when John Hlophe was suspended and then impeached.
Goliath was born in Cape Town and entered legal practice as an attorney in 1990. President Thabo Mbeki appointed her to the Western Cape bench in January 2006, and she was appointed as the division's Deputy Judge President in July 2016. She was an acting judge in the Constitutional Court of South Africa in 2018, and in 2019 she was shortlisted for permanent elevation to the apex court.