Obituary of Moorari (Mulu) Gujadhur (1958-2023) allafrica: Mauritius
16 March 2023Port Louis — The Mauritian Bar has lost a shining star and one of its most courageous advocates. Moorari Gujadhur, affectionately known as Mulu, died on 27Tireless fighter for justice, Mulu was fearless when confronted by unreasonable or overweening authority which he called out every time.
Despite his involvement in such prominent cases, including his conduct of the defence of Robert Lesage against the Mauritius Commercial Bank, his challenge of the New Mauritius Hotels group’s restructuring plans, his representation of the Hon. Showkutally Soodhun, and his defence of Angolan banker and businessman, Alvaro Sobrinho, Mulu refused to speak to the press about ongoing cases and was the antithesis of the media-hungry barrister, preferring to let his work speak for itself.
Representing the Singapore bank, DBS, in the USD 82 million Metalform case in 2006, Mulu successfully argued against a right of pre-emption claimed by a shareholder thus enabling the Mauritian charge and pledge structure to be upheld for the benefit of DBS, where a similar security structure in Singapore fell through.
Mulu had a lifelong love of reading, particularly philosophy - he was an aficionado of Montaigne - and his suitcases were always full of books when he returned from trips to London. Immensely proud of his Indian heritage, he was an authority on Indian culture and history . In parallel, he also admired British culture, loved to wear his Savile Row suits, Jermyn Street shirts and ties, and Church’s shoes, and enjoyed imbibing Irish and Scotch whiskies.
Following Madun Gujadhur QC’s return to Mauritius post-independence, Mulu was enrolled at the Royal College of Port Louis. A natural rebel, he was part of the 1975 generation which fought for equality in secondary school education for all Mauritians. It was around this time that he met his future wife, Suzanne Bell, Cambridge graduate and already a practising barrister. Enamoured, he introduced her to the jazz clubs of London whilst she tried ineffectually to inculcate in him a love of opera.
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