Background
Squires was born in South Africa in 1933 and was educated at Rhodes Preparatory School, Diocesan College (Bishops) and the University of Cape Town.
Squires was born in South Africa in 1933 and was educated at Rhodes Preparatory School, Diocesan College (Bishops) and the University of Cape Town.
University of Cape Town. Diocesan College.
He left South Africa in 1956 for Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) where he first practiced in Bulawayo, then in Salisbury. He was elected to parliament as an Member of Parliament for Salisbury Central on 3 December 1971 in a by-election, and became well known for his tough anti-British stance. He later became the justice minister under Rhodesian prime minister Ian Smith.
After the Lancaster House Agreement and the fall of the white minority government, Squires returned to South Africa to practice law and was appointed to the bench in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.
Squires was accused by supporters of Schabir Shaik and then-Deputy President Jacob Zuma of being racist, because of his Rhodesian background, and the fact that he was a white judge who served under the apartheid regime.
However, the South African Human Rights Commission defended Squires.
