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Biography
Tan Ikram (born 1965) is the deputy senior district judge (deputy chief magistrate). He studied at Wolverhampton Polytechnic where he obtained his LLB in 1988 and was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1990. He was admitted as a solicitor of the Senior Courts in 1993.
Career
Ikram started as a magistrates' clerk and joined Booth Bennett Solicitors in 1993. He became a partner at IBB Solicitors in 1997. From 2007 to 2009, he was a consultant at ABV Solicitors, practising as an advocate in criminal prosecution and defence work.
Ikram was appointed as a deputy district judge (Magistrates' Court) in 2003 and district judge (Magistrates' Court) in 2009. In 2015, he was appointed as an associate judge on the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus.
Honours
Ikram received honorary Doctor of Law degrees from the University of West London and the University of Wolverhampton.