Peet Nienaber

Petrus Millar Nienaber (died January 2019) was a South African jurist and judge who served in the Supreme Court of Appeal from 1990 to 2002. He was appointed to the bench as a judge of the Natal Provincial Division in 1982 and was elevated to the Appellate Division in 1990. After his retirement, he was the Ombudsman for Long-Term Insurance from 2003 to 2007. He was formerly a silk in Pretoria and the head of the private law department of the University of South Africa.

Early life and education Nienaber was born in 1931 or 1932. He was the son of G. S. Nienaber, a prominent Afrikaans linguist. He attended Stellenbosch University, where he graduated with a BA in law cum laude in 1953 and an LLB cum laude in 1955.

Legal career Upon his return to South Africa in 1959, Nienaber was appointed as a senior lecturer in private law at the University of Pretoria. Thereafter Nienaber dedicated his retirement to appointments as an arbitrator and to legal writing, particularly on the subject of insurance law.