J Catherine Maxwell

Dr Catherine J. Maxwell graduated from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, BA LLB (cum laude) and obtained an LLM degree from the University of Cambridge, followed by an LLD from the University of Cape Town. Until 2009, she was an Associate Professor at the University of the Western Cape, where she taught the law of contract, the law of unjustified enrichment, the law of delict, property law, family law and legal history. She has been admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of South Africa.