Ian Farlam
SC is a retired South African judge, who chaired the
commission of inquiry into the 2012 Marikana massacre.
Early life and education
Farlam was born in
Cape Town
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and obtained his
LLB
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degree from the
University of Cape Town
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in 1961. In that year he was also the clerk of Judge
Martin Theron..
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Career
He became a prosecutor and worked at the attorney general's office from 1964 until 1968, first in Grahamstown
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and then in Cape Town. He joined the Cape Bar
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in 1968 and was awarded Senior Counsel
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status at the end of 1981.Cape Provincial Division
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of the High Court. In 2000 he was appointed as a Judge of Appeal in the Supreme Court of Appeal, a position he held until his retirement in 2009.
Post-retirement
From late 2012, Farlam chaired the commission of inquiry into the Marikana massacre.
References
1939 births
Living people
South African judges
People from Cape Town
South African Senior Counsel
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