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Attorney-General Of Belize
The Attorney-General of Belize is a cabinet-level official who acts as the principal legal adviser to the government of Belize. Overview The position of AG is outlined in Section 42 of the Constitution of Belize, which requires that the AG have been qualified for at least five years to practice as an advocate in a court of unlimited jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Nations or Ireland. Civil proceedings for and against the State are taken in the name of the Attorney General. Prior to 2010, the constitution also required that the AG be a member of the House of Representatives or the Senate of Belize. As part of the Belize Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Bill, the government proposed to remove this restriction; the same bill also proposed to replace the right of appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council with the Caribbean Court of Justice, and to allow dual citizens to become members of Parliament. The thinking behind this amendment was that an unelected AG could av ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Honorable
''The Honourable'' (British English) or ''The Honorable'' (American English; see spelling differences) (abbreviation: ''Hon.'', ''Hon'ble'', or variations) is an honorific style that is used as a prefix before the names or titles of certain people, usually with official governmental or diplomatic positions. Use by governments International diplomacy In international diplomatic relations, representatives of foreign states are often styled as ''The Honourable''. Deputy chiefs of mission, , consuls-general and consuls are always given the style. All heads of consular posts, whether they are honorary or career postholders, are accorded the style according to the State Department of the United States. However, the style ''Excellency'' instead of ''The Honourable'' is used for ambassadors and high commissioners. Africa The Congo In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the prefix 'Honourable' or 'Hon.' is used for members of both chambers of the Parliament of the Democratic Repu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's United Party
The People's United Party (PUP) is one of two major political parties in Belize. It is currently the governing party of Belize after success in the 2020 Belizean general election, winning a majority of 26 seats out of 31 in the Belizean House of Representatives. It is a centre-left Christian democratic party. The party leader is Johnny Briceño, who currently serves as the Prime Minister of Belize. Overview The PUP was founded in 1950 out of the Nationalist Movement, as an anti-colonial party while the country was ruled by the United Kingdom as British Honduras. Under George Cadle Price the PUP played a major role in negotiating Belize's self-government in 1964 and eventual independence in 1981. The PUP dominated local British Honduran and later Belizean politics from the mid-1950s until 1984, when it lost to the centre-right opposition United Democratic Party (UDP). The UDP has been the party's main opposition since the early 1970s. Under Price's leadership, the PUP retur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Justice Of Grenada
The Chief Justice of Grenada is the head of the Supreme Court of Grenada which consists of the High Court with three justices and a two-tier Court of Appeal. The original High Court of Grenada was replaced by the Windward and Leeward Islands Supreme Court and the Windward and Leeward Islands Court of Appeal in 1939; both of the latter were replaced in 1967 by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court which performs both functions. The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, known in Grenada as the Supreme Court of Grenada and the West Indies Associated States, is headquartered in St Lucia, and is now the superior court of record for Grenada and the other Caribbean states which comprise the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States. Chief Justices * ''1763 Grenada became British colony'' *c.1770 James Brebner *1783–1787 William Lucas *1788–1804 Thomas Bridgewater *1805–1808 George Smith (afterwards Chief Judge of Trinidad, 1808) *1809–1812 Archibald Gloster (afterwards Chief Justice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solicitor General Of Trinidad
A solicitor is a legal practitioner who traditionally deals with most of the legal matters in some jurisdictions. A person must have Admission to practice law, legally-defined qualifications, which vary from one jurisdiction to another, to be described as a solicitor and enabled to practise there as such. For example, in England and Wales a solicitor is admitted to practise under the provisions of the Solicitors Act 1974. With some exceptions, practising solicitors must possess a practising certificate. There are many more solicitors than barristers in England; they undertake the general aspects of giving legal advice and conducting legal proceedings. In the jurisdictions of England and Wales and in Northern Ireland law, Northern Ireland, in the Australian states of New South Wales, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, and Queensland, Hong Kong, South Africa (where they are called ''Attorneys in South Africa, attorneys'') and the Republic of Ireland, the legal profession is split betwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancelot Elphinstone
Sir Lancelot Henry Elphinstone (2 September 1879 – 11 October 1965) was the 22nd Attorney General of Ceylon. The son of Sir Howard Elphinstone, 3rd Baronet and Husband of Jane E Jamieson. Elphinstone was educated at Eton College, Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was appointed Attorney General of British Honduras in 1913, Solicitor General of Trinidad in 1919, and Attorney General of Tanganyika (territory), Tanganyika Territory in 1921. He was appointed Attorney General of Ceylon on 6 October 1924, succeeding Henry Gollan, and held the office until 1929. He was succeeded by Edward St. John Jackson. From 1929 to 1932 he was the Chief Judge of the Federated Malay States. He was knighted in the 1931 New Year Honours. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Elphinstone, Lancelot Henry 1879 births 1965 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Attorneys General of British Ceylon Federated Malay States judges Attorneys-General of British Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Justice Of British Honduras
The Chief Justice of Belize is the head of the Supreme Court of Belize. Under Chapter 7 of the Constitution of Belize, the Chief Justice is appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister. Since the retirement of Kenneth Benjamin in March 2020, Michelle Arana was the acting Chief Justice of Belize. Louise Blenman was appointed to fill the vacancy in September 2022. List of Chief Justices The full list as published by the Attorney General of Belize: # Robert Temple Esq., 1843–1861 British Honduras (1862-1973) # Richard J. Connor, 1862 # William Alexander Parker, 1875–1881 #Sir Henry Rawlins Pipon Schooles, 1881 (later Administrator of Grenada, 1887 and Attorney General of Jamaica, 1896) # William Anthony Musgrave Sheriff, 1883–1886 #Sir William Meigh Goodman, 1886–1889 #Sir William John Anderson, 1890–1900 (afterwards Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago, 1900) #Sir Walter Llewellyn Lewis, 1900–1906 #Frederic Mackenzie Maxwell, 1906–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attorney General Of Grenada
Attorney General of Grenada is the chief law officer in Grenada. List of attorneys general of Grenada * ''Grenada became British colony, 1763'' * Hew Dalrymple * Edward Horne c.1770 * Sir George Staunton, 1st Baronet 1779–1784 * Sir Arthur Leary Piggott <1784 (to England, 1783) * Ashton Warner Byam 1783-1789 * Kenneth Francis Mackenzie 1793- * John Sharpe c.1810 * William Darnell Davis c.1840 * Henry James Ross 1856–1857 * Archibald Piguenit Burt 1868–?1871 (died 1871) * William Anthony Musgrave Sheriff 1872–1880 * ?–1896 * 1896–? * Charles Henry Major [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Probyn
Sir Leslie Probyn (23 February 1862 – 17 December 1938) was an administrator for the British Empire. Career Probyn was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1884. He began his career as a British colonial administrator in the Caribbean. From 1893 to 1896, he served as Attorney-General of British Honduras. In 1896, he was appointed Attorney General of Grenada. He was then moved to west Africa, serving successively as Secretary and Acting High Commissioner of Southern Nigeria (1901-1904) and governor of Sierra Leone (1904-1910). Sierra Leone In Sierra Leone, he increased native suffrage and sought to make sure that laws were not enacted without active native participation in the process. During his six years as governor of Sierra Leone (1904 to 1910) he held "referendums" amongst "natives" to judge whether or not there was popular support for policies amongst the indigenous population. As a matter of policy in Sierra Leone, Probyn would not enforce rules unless he felt th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Meigh Goodman
Sir William Meigh Goodman (1847 – 3 May 1928) was a British lawyer and Judge. He served as Attorney General and Chief Justice of British Honduras and Hong Kong in the late 19th and early 20th Century. His last position before retirement was as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong, Chief Justice of Hong Kong. Early life Goodman was born in 1847 and was the fourth son of Samuel Robert Goodman, of London. Goodman was educated at University College of London where he obtained a B.A.(hons) in 1867. He was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in 1870. He practised on the South Eastern Circuit and at the Surrey Sessions. Career Goodman served as Attorney General of British Honduras (now Belize) from 1883 to 1886 and as Chief Justice of the same colony from 1886 to 1889. In 1886, he was commissioned to revise and consolidate the laws of British Honduras. In 1889, Goodman was appointed Attorney General of Hong Kong, Attorney-General and Admiralty Advocate of Hon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Rawlins Pipon Schooles
Henry Rawlins Pipon Schooles (1849 – 7 December 1913) was an English lawyer who was the Attorney General of Jamaica and later Chief Justice of Gibraltar from July 1905. He was born in Malta, the eldest son of Army surgeon Henry James Schooles and his wife Catherine Semper of St Kitts. He moved to live in the West Indies, where he became Attorney General of the Leeward Islands in 1870. He was called to the bar in 1873 and worked as a barrister in St Kitts, also representing Sandypoint in the St Kitts Legislative Assembly. He moved again to become Attorney-General of British Honduras from 1880 to 1883. From 1883 to 1896 he was Attorney General of Grenada, also serving as Administrator of Grenada from 1887 to 1888 and for short periods in 1891 and 1894. He was afterwards appointed Attorney General of Jamaica Attorney General of Jamaica is the chief law officer in Jamaica. Section 79(1) of the Constitution of Jamaica states that "there shall be an Attorney General who shall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Onslow
Sir Alexander Campbell Onslow (17 July 1842 – 20 October 1908) was the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Western Australia. Onslow is a forebear of the notable Australian Macarthur- Onslow families. Biography Onslow was the fourth son of Arthur Pooley Onslow, of Send Grove, Ripley, Surrey, by his wife, Rosa Roberta, daughter of Alexander Macleay, F.R.S., Speaker of the first New South Wales Legislative Council. Onslow was educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1864. He entered at the Inner Temple on 15 January 1862, was called to the bar on 17 November 1868, and went the Home Circuit. On 4 February 1878, he married Madeline Emma Loftus, daughter of Rev. Robert Loftus Tottenham, of Florence, and granddaughter of the Bishop of Clogher. Onslow was Attorney-General of British Honduras from 1878 to 1880, and Attorney-General of Western Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amandala
''Amandala'' is a Belizean tabloid newspaper. Published twice weekly, it is Belize's largest newspaper. ''Amandala'' was established in 1969 as the print organ of the now-defunct United Black Association for Development (UBAD), but has been politically independent since the mid-1970s. Its offices are located at 3304 Partridge Street in Belize City. As of 2017, it has published over 3000 issues. The name The name "Amandala" is adapted from the Xhosa language, Xhosa/Zulu language, Zulu word "Amandla (power), amandla", which means "power". Editors felt that Belizeans might mispronounce the word, so they added an extra "a" after the "d". ''Amandala'' editors often like to say the word means "power to the people", although the correct term for that is "Amandla, Ngawethu". The phrase occurs in English throughout the newspaper, most often in the Editorial and in publisher Evan X Hyde's column; however, it may appear in advertisements in the original African language. History Estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
