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Chief Justice Of Barbados
The Chief Justice of Barbados is the head of the Supreme Court of Barbados as defined by the constitution. The constitution of Barbados states: *80.1 There shall be for Barbados a Supreme Court of Judicature, consisting of a High Court and a Court of Appeal, with such jurisdiction, powers and authority as may be conferred upon those Courts respectively by this Constitution or any other law. *80.2 The judges of the Supreme Court shall be the Chief Justice and such number of Puisne Judges as may be prescribed by Parliament *81.1 The Chief Justice shall be appointed by the Governor General, by instrument under the Public Seal, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister after consultation with the leader of the Opposition. The first Chief Justice of Barbados and St Lucia, Sir R Bowcher Clarke, took office on 13 December 1841. In 2011 Justice Marston Gibson was appointed the 13th incumbent. List of Chief Justices *1841–1874 Sir Robert Bowcher Clarke (also Chief Justice of St Luc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Court
A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. Other descriptions for such courts include court of last resort, apex court, and high (or final) court of appeal. Broadly speaking, the decisions of a supreme court are not subject to further review by any other court. Supreme courts typically function primarily as appellate courts, hearing appeals from decisions of lower trial courts, or from intermediate-level appellate courts. However, not all highest courts are named as such. Civil law states tend not to have a single highest court. Additionally, the highest court in some jurisdictions is not named the "Supreme Court", for example, the High Court of Australia. On the other hand, in some places the court named the "Supreme Court" is not in fact the highest court; examples include the New York Supreme Court, the supreme courts of several Canadian provinces/territories, and the former Supreme Court of Judicature of England and Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). Its capital and largest city is Bridgetown. Inhabited by Island Caribs, Kalinago people since the 13th century, and prior to that by other Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Amerindians, Spanish navigators took possession of Barbados in the late 15th century, claiming it for the Crown of Castile. It first appeared on a Spanish map in 1511. The Portuguese Empire claimed the island between 1532 and 1536, but abandoned it in 1620 with their only remnants being an introduction of wild boars for a good supply of meat whenever the island was visited. An Kingdom of England, English ship, the ''Olive Blossom'', arrived in Barbados on 14 May 1625; its men took possession of the island in the name of James VI and I, King James I. In 1627, the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Court Of Judicature (Barbados)
The Supreme Court of Judicature of Barbados is the highest judicial body in the country of Barbados. It is made up of the High Court and the Court of Appeals.Law Courts of Barbados - About the court Appeals from the Supreme Court can be further referred to the of the (CCJ). Functions The High Court consists of , |
William Conrad Reeves
Sir William Conrad Reeves (Saint Joseph, Barbados 1838 – Barbados, 8 January 1902),'REEVES, Hon. Sir William Conrad’, ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., 1920 – 2007 (online ed. Oxford University Press, December 2007) was a nineteenth century lawyer and academic in Barbados. Biography Reeves was born in Barbados, to Thomas Phillipps Reeves and Peggy Phyllis. He represented the Parish of Saint Joseph, within the House of Assembly in Bridgetown. He was patronised, with funds collected by the black community, to stay in the United Kingdom to study at the Middle Temple, which he left in 1863. He subsequently became Attorney general of St Vincent. He was appointed Solicitor-General of Barbados in 1875. He was Attorney General of Barbados from 1882 to 1886. In 1883 he was admitted to the Queen's Counsel. He became the first black Chief Justice of Barbados in 1886. He served in this position until his death. In 1889, Reeves was knighted by Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Eugene Gomes
Sir Stanley Eugene Gomes was a Guyanese Judge who was Chief Justice of Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago. He was appointed Attorney General of the Leeward Islands before August 1945. He then served as Chief Justice of Barbados from 1957 to 1958 and Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago from 1958 to 1960. He was knighted in 1959. In August 1961 he was appointed Chief Justice of the newly established West Indies Federation The West Indies Federation, also known as the West Indies, the Federation of the West Indies or the West Indian Federation, was a short-lived political union that existed from 3 January 1958 to 31 May 1962. Various islands in the Caribbean that .... The Federation was dissolved in May 1962. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomes, Stanley Eugene Guyanese expatriates in Barbados Chief justices of Barbados Chief justices of Trinidad and Tobago Guyanese people of World War II British Leeward Islands people of World War II British Leeward Islands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Justice Of Trinidad And Tobago
The Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago is the highest judge of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and presides over its Supreme Court of Judicature. He is appointed by a common decision of the President of Trinidad and Tobago, president, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, prime minister and the leader of the main opposition party. History Tobago was claimed for England already by James I of England, King James I in 1608, however in the following time saw varying rulers. In 1794, a planter was elected the first chief justice.Laurence (1995), p. 55 The island was eventually ceded to the United Kingdom in 1814 at the Treaty of Paris (1814), Treaty of Paris and from 1833 it was assigned to the colony of the British Windward Islands. In 1797 Trinidad, who had been previously controlled by the Spanish Crown, was captured by a fleet commanded by Ralph Abercromby, Sir Ralph Abercromby and thus came under British government. The post of a chief justice was established in March of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Randolph Douglas
Sir William Randolph Douglas, (24 September 1921 – 12 August 2003) was a Barbadian politician who served as Chief Justice of Barbados from 1965 to 1986, and twice served as the acting governor-general: from 9 August 1976 until 17 November 1976, and again from 10 January 1984 until 24 February 1984. Between 1987 and 1991, Douglas served as ambassador to the United States. References 1921 births 2003 deaths Governors-General of Barbados Chief justices of Barbados Ambassadors of Barbados to the United States Colony of Barbados judges Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom {{Barbados-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denys Williams
Sir Denys Ambrose Williams, KCMG, GCM (12 October 1929 – 7 August 2014) was a Chief Justice of Barbados. He served as acting Governor-General of Barbados from 19 December 1995 until 1 June 1996. Biography Early life and education Denys Ambrose Williams was born on 12 October 1929 in Barbados. He was one of 10 children of family to George C. Williams and Violet Williams. He studied at Combermere School and Harrison College in Barbados, won a Barbados Scholarship in 1949 and went on to study law at Oxford University, subsequently being admitted to the English Bar at the Middle Temple. Career He then returned to the West Indies, spending some time working for the West Indies Federation based in Trinidad, before returning to Barbados in 1955 and being admitted as a Magistrate. Holding the post of Barbados' Chief Parliamentary Counsel, Denys Ambrose Williams in cooperation with Sir Roy Marshall draft the constitution of Barbados, before Barbados gained independence in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Simmons (judge)
Sir David Anthony Cathcart Simmons, Knight or Dame of St Andrew, KA, Order of Barbados, BCH, Senior Counsel, SC, LLM (born April 28, 1940) is a distinguished Caribbean jurist and politician: a former Chief Justice of Barbados, he also served as Attorney General. Early life and education David Simmons was born in Saint Philip, Barbados, the oldest child of Sybil a nurse and Kenneth, a teacher. He has 3 brothers, Robin, Peter (deceased), Philip (deceased) and 1 sister Janette. His godparents were Sir Hugh Springer and Dr Hugh Gordon Cummins. He was educated at the Wesley Hall Boys' School, St Philip's Boys' School, and The Lodge School and then attended university in London, studying at the London School of Economics 1960–1965, graduating as Master of Laws (LL.M.) and being called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn. While in London, Simmons also reported as a journalist on the 1966 Barbados Independence Conference. Legal career Simmons returned to Barbados and joined the chambers of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
