Bio-data of Former Speaker Mr. Abdool Razack PEEROO, SC, GOSK

Name

Abdool Razack Mohamed Ameen

Surname

Peeroo

Marital Status

Married

Education &

Vocation Skills

• Council of Legal Education in London (Inns of Court School of Law)
• Labour Law and French Civil Law, King’s College, University of London
• Fluent in English and French

Career

Professional
 

Barrister
 

Professional Membership
 

Member of Lincoln’s Inn
 

1972    Member: Bar of England and Wales
 

1974    Member: Mauritian Bar
 

Practice

• General areas of the law as well as several specialized fields

• Expertise in advocacy and legal drafting

• Often appeared in appeal cases before the Supreme Court

• Acts as legal adviser and consultant and has extensive experience in
  alternative dispute resolution (ADR)

• As former Attorney-General, supervised the preparation of numerous important legislations including the current Copyright Act, the Human Rights Act and Bail Act and the revision of Company Law

Professional Experience
 

• Advising on international contracts for major wastewater works and for the maintenance of a water treatment plant and Electricity works.

• Advice to commercial companies on Company Law, corporate affairs and various business transactions.

• Leading counsel in major international banking fraud.

• Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution.

• Insurance - legal adviser and counsel to Insurance Companies.

• Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), Construction Law and investment generally.

• Wide experience in Property and Land Law.

• Public / Constitutional Law, Human Rights and Criminal law

• Consultant in Industrial Laws.

• Recent cases before the Supreme Court involve international tenders and contracts.

Political

·         Appointed Commissioner for the Municipal Council of Vacoas/Phoenix (1975)

·         Elected candidate to the National Assembly in 1976

·         Minister of Labour and Industrial Relations from November 1979 to June 1982

·         Elected in 1991 (BLS) in the National Assembly

·         Opposition Whip from 1991-1995

·         Elected candidate to the National Assembly in 1995

·         Attorney General, Minister of Justice, and Industrial relations and Human Rights and Corporate Affairs from December 1996 to November 1999

·         Attorney General, Minister of Justice, Human Rights and Minister of Reforms Institutions from November 1999 to September 2000

·         Elected Speaker of the National Assembly 0n 24 July 2012 to 08 November 2014

·         Elected Chairperson of the SADC Parliamentary Forum in December 2012

Honours

GOSK (Grand Officer of the Star & Key of the Indian Ocean) – Year 2006

Elevated to the rank of Senior Counsel (S.C) – year 2010

Interests

Politics, Philosophy, Literature and Law

Residential Address

46, Avenue des Hirondelles

Quatre Bornes

Mauritius