Goolam Hoosen Kader Meeran

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Sir Goolam Hoosen Kader Meeran (born 12 April 1943) is a judge of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal. [1]

Goolam Meeran grew up in South Africa during the apartheid regime. [2] He graduated from the University of Manchester in 1969 and graduated with a MSc (Econ) in Social Psychology from the London School of Economics in 1970. [2] [3] He was awarded a diploma in law in 1981. [4] He was called to the Bar (Gray's Inn) in 1982. [5]

Meeran was appointed a JP in 1985. He became a part-time Chairman of Employment Tribunals in 1992, a full-time Chairman in 1993, an acting Regional Chairman in 1997, and a Regional Chairman in 1998. He was appointed a Judge on the South Eastern Circuit in 2002. [5] [6] He was President of the Employment Tribunals for England and Wales from 2002 to 2008. [7] He retired as president of the Employment Tribunals for England and Wales in 2008, and as a circuit judge in 2009. Meeran was appointed a Knight Bachelor 'For services to the Administration of Justice' in the New Year's Honours List in January 2009. [8] [9]

Meeran was elected as a half-time judge of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal to begin on 1 July 2009 for a three-year term. [1] He was re-appointed as half-time judge for a seven-year term beginning on 1 July 2012 [10]

He gave the first annual Kuttan Menon Memorial Lecture at the Law Society in 2006. [11]

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  2. 1 2 Debo Nwauzu (12 November 2012). "Black Letter Law 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-07-01.
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