Sir Cassam Ismaël Moollan, QC (26 February 1927 – 15 November 2010) was the acting

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from 15 December 1985 until 17 January 1986. As chief justice of Mauritius at the time, he assumed the position immediately after the death of Sir

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until a successor could be appointed. He was knighted in 1982.

Early life

He was educated at the

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(LSE) and earned his LLB in 1950. He was called to the Bar at

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the following year. Returning to Mauritius, he practised as a lawyer from 1951 to 1955. He served as a Magistrate (1955–58), Crown Counsel (1958–64), and Senior Crown Counsel (1964–66). He was appointed the Solicitor General in 1966. In 1969, a year before his appointment as Puisne Judge, the Supreme Court, he was made Queen's Counsel (QC). He became Senior Puisne Judge in 1978, editor of the Mauritius Law Report from 1982 to 1984. He became Chief Justice in 1982, a position he held until his retirement in 1988. He was knighted by the Queen in 1982 and awarded the

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in 1986.Knighthood
London-gazette.co.uk. Accessed 29 January 2023.

References

External links

Tribute to the Memory of Sir Cassam Ismael Moollan
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