Raising the Bar is a memorable, funny, sometimes poignant, even tragic, but always interesting and entertaining account of a life’s journey.

Follow Jeremy as a child, young man, student, circus performer, practising advocate and Legal Resources Centre Director – from his birth in 1949 to his appointment as a High Court Judge of the Eastern Cape Division in 1992.

‘It is a delightful memoir, entertaining, richly populated and wittily written. I have read it with amusement and enjoyment. It will be of interest not only to lawyers but also to laypeople.’

– Edwin Cameron

‘It is a wonderful, humorously written account of not only the author’s life but also part of the history of the Eastern Cape.’

– Johan Froneman

‘An eloquent breath of fresh air.’

– Alison Lowry