Reginald Percy Basil Davis KC (14 December 1881 – 6 December 1948) was a South African judge and Judge President of the Cape Provincial Division of the Supreme Court.
[3] In 1900 he returned to Cape Town and began working as an articled clerk, when he was persuaded to take the matriculation examination.
[4] Davis entered New College, Oxford in 1904 and the following month became a member of the Inner Temple in London.
[4] Simultaneously with his judicial career, Davis also lectured and was responsible for legal journals and the compilation of court reports.
From 1924, Davis was general editor of the law reports published by Juta & Co. in Cape Town.