Tanweer Ikram (born 1965) is the deputy senior
district judge (deputy chief magistrate). He studied at
Wolverhampton Polytechnic
The University of Wolverhampton is a public university located on four campuses across the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, Shropshire and Staffordshire in England. The roots of the university lie in the Wolverhampton Tradesmen's and Mech ...
where he obtained his
LLB
Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the China, People's Republic ...
in 1988 and was called to the Bar at the
Inner Temple
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in 1990. He was admitted as a
solicitor
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of the Senior Courts in 1993.
Career
Ikram started as a magistrates' clerk and joined Booth Bennett Solicitors in 1993. He became a partner at IBB Solicitors in 1997. From 2007 to 2009, he was a consultant at ABV Solicitors, practising as an advocate in criminal prosecution and defence work.
Ikram was appointed as a deputy district judge (Magistrates' Court) in 2003 and
district judge (Magistrates' Court) in 2009. In 2015, he was appointed as an associate judge on the
Sovereign Base Areas
Akrotiri and Dhekelia, officially the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (SBA),, ''Periochés Kyríarchon Váseon Akrotiríou ke Dekélias''; tr, Ağrotur ve Dikelya İngiliz Egemen Üs Bölgeleri is a British Overseas Territory o ...
in
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...
. In 2017, he was appointed deputy senior district judge (Magistrates' Court).
Honours
Ikram received honorary
Doctor of Law degrees from the
University of West London and the
University of Wolverhampton
The University of Wolverhampton is a public university located on four campuses across the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, Shropshire and Staffordshire in England. The roots of the university lie in the Wolverhampton Tradesmen's and Mech ...
. He was appointed
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(CBE) in the
2022 New Year Honours
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for services to judicial diversity.
References
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Alumni of the University of Wolverhampton
British solicitors
21st-century English judges
Living people
1965 births
Members of the Inner Temple
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
British Cyprus judges