{{short description|South African judge (born 1949)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = Fritz Brand | honorific_suffix = SC | image = | image_size = | caption = | office = Acting Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa | term_start = 2010 | term_end = 2010 | nominator = | appointer = | predecessor = | successor = | office2 = Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal | term_start2 = 2001 | term_end2 = 2015 | nominator2 = | appointer2 = | office3 = Judge of the High Court of South Africa, Cape Provincial Division | term_start3 = 1992 | term_end3 = 2001 | nominator3 = <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number--> | appointer3 = | birth_name = Frederik Daniël Jacobus Brand | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1949|02|16}} | birth_place = Paarl, South Africa | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | party = | other_party = <!--For additional political affiliations--> | spouse = | partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> | relations = | children = | alma_mater = Stellenbosch University | occupation = | profession = Advocate, Judge | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Frederik Daniël Jacobus "Fritz" Brand''' SC (born 16 February 1949) is a former judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa.<ref name=profile>"Judges of the Supreme Court of Appeal", [http://www.justice.gov.za/sca/judges_cv.html SCA website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213094033/https://www.justice.gov.za/sca/judges_cv.html |date=13 December 2019 }}.</ref>
== Early life and education == Brand was born in Paarl and matriculated at the High School Vredenburg in 1966. After school he enrolled at Stellenbosch University and obtained a BA degree in 1970, an LL.B. degree in 1972 and an LL.M. (''cum laude'') in 1976.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1993|title=News on the judiciary|url=https://www.gcbsa.co.za/law-journals/1993/april/1993-april-vol006-no1-pp28-29.pdf|journal=Consultus|volume=6|issue=1|pages=28|via= General Council of the Bar of South Africa}}</ref>
== Career == Brand started his career in 1973 as a Senior lecturer at Stellenbosch University and was admitted as advocate in May 1973. He lectured until 1976 and on 10 May 1977 joined the Cape Bar. Brand was granted senior status in November 1989 and in September 1992 he was appointed Judge of the Cape High Court.
He was appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of Appeal with effect from 1 December 2001. In 2010 he was appointed as an acting judge to the Constitutional Court, for two terms.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Justice Fritz Brand|url=https://www.concourt.org.za/index.php/judges/acting-judges/12-acting-judges/187-justice-fritz-brand|access-date=2021-03-02|website=www.concourt.org.za}}</ref>
Notable judgments written by Brand include ''Afrox Healthcare v Strydom'', ''Fourway Haulage SA v SA National Roads Agency'', and ''Butters v Mncora''. While acting in the Constitutional Court, he wrote for the majority in ''Le Roux v Dey'', and his Supreme Court judgment in ''RH v DE,'' which derogated the third-party delictual claim for adultery, was upheld by the Constitutional Court in ''DE v RH''.
He is an international commercial court judge for the Qatar International Court.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fritz Brand {{!}} QICDRC |url=https://www.qicdrc.gov.qa/fritz-brand |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=www.qicdrc.gov.qa}}</ref>
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