Pieter Andries Meyer (born 7 December 1960) is a South African judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal.
[1] Meyer joined the Gauteng High Court permanently on 12 November 2007,[1] when he was appointed to the bench by President Thabo Mbeki.
[3] Prominent cases decided by him included Old Mutual Limited v Moyo, a dispute between Old Mutual and its erstwhile CEO, Peter Moyo; and DA v President; Economic Freedom Fighters v State Attorneys, in which he ruled in favour of the opposition Democratic Alliance in finding that former President Jacob Zuma was not entitled to taxpayer-funded legal representation in his criminal corruption defense.
[3] Meyer also served four lengthy stints as an acting judge in the Supreme Court of Appeal, beginning in April 2013.
[3] In October 2022, the Judicial Service Commission shortlisted and interviewed Meyer, for the fifth and final time, for a permanent vacancy on the Supreme Court of Appeal.