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FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1980

HIGH COURT JUDGE APPOINTMENT

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HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN HAS APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR KUTLU TEKIN FUAD TO BE A HIGH COURT JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT. HE WILL TAKE UP HIS POSITION IN EARLY OCTOBER.

MR FUAD WAS BORN IN CYPRUS ON APRIL 23, 1926. HE WAS EDUCATED AT MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE IN ENGLAND. HE UNDERTOOK MILITARY SERVICE IN THE 60TH RIFLES FROM 1944 TO 1948 AND SERVED AS A LIEUTENANT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, NORTH AFRICA AND PALESTINE. HE WAS FURTHER EDUCATED AT ST JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE AND WAS CALLED TO THE ENGLISH BAR IN 1952.

HE WAS APPOINTED A MAGISTRATE IN CYPRUS IN 1953 AND A MAGISTRATE IN UGANDA IN 1956. HE HELD SUCCESSIVELY THE POSTS OF CROWN COUNSEL, SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL, LEGAL DRAFTSMAN AND DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS, UNTIL 1963 WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED A JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT OF UGANDA.

IN 1972 MR FUAD WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE LEGAL DIVISION OF THE COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT, WHICH OFFICE HE STILL HOLDS.

SIR MURRAY TO SPEAK AT SHIPPING COUNCIL

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE HAS ACCEPTED AN INVITATION TO SPEAK AT THE MEETING OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF BRITISH SHIPPING WHICH IS TO BE HELD IN LONDON ON NOVEMBER 5.

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