[1] Kantor was one of the defence lawyers in the Rivonia Trial until his brother-in-law and legal partner Harold Wolpe, one of the accused, managed to escape.
At this stage, Kantor was himself arrested and charged with the same crimes as Mandela and the other defendants although he had no involvement with the ANC or MK.
[2] Harold Hanson and Harry Schwarz, a close friend and a well-known politician, stepped in to act as his defence lawyers in the trial.
Kantor fled South Africa and settled in London, working in publications for the film industry.
[3] However, his health had never recovered from the harsh treatment while in prison awaiting trial, and he died of a massive heart attack in 1974.