Brand started his career in 1973 as a Senior lecturer at Stellenbosch University and was admitted as advocate in May 1973. He lectured until 1976 and on 10 May 1977 joined the Cape
Bar. Brand was granted
senior status in November 1989 and in September 1992 he was appointed Judge of the
Cape High Court. He was appointed to the bench of the
Supreme Court of Appeal with effect from 1 December 2001. In 2010 he was appointed as an acting judge to the
Constitutional Court, for two terms. Notable judgments written by Brand include
Afrox Healthcare v Strydom,
Fourway Haulage SA v SA National Roads Agency, and
Butters v Mncora. While acting in the Constitutional Court, he wrote for the majority in
Le Roux v Dey, and his Supreme Court judgment in
RH v DE, which derogated the third-party
delictual claim for
adultery, was upheld by the Constitutional Court in
DE v RH. He is an international
commercial court judge for the Qatar International Court. ==References==