Shehnaz Meer

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.

Early life and career Meer was born on 28 June 1955. Her mother was political activist Fatima Meer. After matriculating at the Durban Indian Girls' High School in 1972, she attended the University of Durban-Westville, where she completed a BA in 1975. Thereafter she completed an LLB at the University of Cape Town in 1979 and an LLM at the University of Warwick in 1982.

After serving her articles of clerkship at Dullah Omar's law firm,

In November 2002, President Thabo Mbeki announced that he would additionally appoint Meer as a judge of the Western Cape Division of the High Court of South Africa. She joined the High Court on 27 January 2003, and thereafter she divided her time between the High Court in Cape Town and the Land Claims Court in Johannesburg.

Appellate courts Meer was an acting judge in the Supreme Court of Appeal in 2011, On two later occasions, in 2009 and 2021, she was nominated but withdrew from contention before the Judicial Service Commission held its hearings.

Personal life Meer is divorced and has three children.