Ian Farlam

Ian Farlam SC is a retired South African judge, who chaired the commission of inquiry into the 2012 Marikana massacre.

Ian Farlam
Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa
In office
2000–2009
Judge of the Cape Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa
In office
1993–2000
Personal details
Born
Ian Gordon Farlam

Cape Town, Cape Province, Union of South Africa (now Western Cape)
Alma materUniversity of Cape Town
ProfessionAdvocate

Early life and education

Farlam was born in Cape Town and obtained his LLB degree from the University of Cape Town in 1961. In that year he was also the clerk of Judge Martin Theron..[1]

Career

He became a prosecutor and worked at the attorney general's office from 1964 until 1968, first in Grahamstown and then in Cape Town. He joined the Cape Bar in 1968 and was awarded Senior Counsel status at the end of 1981.[1]

During 1988, Farlam acted for the first time as a judge in the Orange Free State Provincial Division of the High Court and on 1 October 1993, he was appointed judge of the Cape Provincial Division 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.[2]

Post-retirement

From late 2012, Farlam chaired the commission of inquiry into the Marikana massacre.[3]

References

  1. "News on the judiciary" (PDF). Consultus. 7 (1): 60. 1994 via General Council of the Bar of South Africa.
  2. "Supreme Court of Appeal: History". www.supremecourtofappeal.org.za. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  3. "Ian Farlam". whoswho.co.za. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.


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