Sharise Weiner

Sharise Erica Weiner (born 28 January 1954) is a South African judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal. Before her appointment to the Supreme Court in December 2022, she was a judge of the South Gauteng High Court from 2011 to 2022. She was admitted as an advocate in 1978 and gained silk status in 1995. Quotes Women are increasingly choosing to practise in the commercial field as opposed to solely practising as family lawyers, but to this day they still seem to have to fight against an unjustified prejudice as to whether they are considered competent in that field. I have a non-wavering belief in the rule of law and its applicability to all persons, in particular those in positions of power. Judge S E Weiner Age seems to be the final frontier of discrimination, which is unconstitutional. JSC concludes interviews for the 2 highest courts in SA 15th April 2021 There is a virtually irrebuttable stereotyping that women can only do certain types of work, which is considered to be ‘soft law’. The per- ception was that women ‘can’t do numbers’. TRANSFORMATION IN THE PROFESSION by Sharise Weiner August 2018 External links Category: Living people Category:Judges from South Africa Category:Women in law Category:Women from South Africa Category:1954 births Category:Women born in the 1950s