Shehnaz Meer
Shehnaz Meer | |
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| Judge of the High Court | |
| Assumed office 27 January 2003 | |
| Appointed by | Thabo Mbeki |
| Division | Western Cape |
| Judge of the Land Claims Court | |
| Assumed office 1996 | |
| Appointed by | Nelson Mandela |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yasmin Shehnaz Meer 28 June 1955 |
| Parents | |
| Alma mater | University of Durban-Westville University of Cape Town University of Warwick |
Yasmin Shehnaz Meer (born 28 June 1955) is a South African judge who has been acting Judge President of the Land Claims Court since 2012. She was appointed as a puisne judge in that court in 1996, and she has additionally been a judge of the Western Cape High Court since 2003. Before she joined the bench, she was an attorney at the Legal Resources Centre.