Caitlin Le Roith is a lecturer in the Department of Private Law. She holds a BSocSci, LLB, and LLM from the University of Cape Town and is an attorney of the High Court of South Africa. Her research and teaching interests lie primarily in the law of obligations, especially the law of delict, and in critical approaches to private law and its relationship with social justice and human rights. Her LLM dissertation entitled On the extinctive prescription of personal injury claims in South Africa examines the impact of the Prescription Act 68 of 1969 on delictual debts and on the rights of victims of delicts.

Expertise/Research Interests

The law of delict; civil procedure and civil justice; the relationship between private law and human rights; legal theory and jurisprudence.

Teaching

Law of Delict (LLB); Law of Succession (LLB); Advanced Contract Law (LLM).

Supervision

Caitlin supervises postgraduate research on topics related to her research interests and expertise. Please contact her if you would like to discuss a potential research project for an LLM or MPhil degree.

Publications

Boonzaier L & Le Roith C ‘Delictual liability and the stowaway plaintiff’ (2024) 3 Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg 600.