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Special Collection

CHIEF JUDGES & CHIEF JUSTICES
TRINIDAD and TOBAGO


 

 
Name


Period


Photo &
Infomation

News Paper Digital Collection
Law Term Opening Speeches
 
John Nihell (Chief Judge) 1797 - 1808
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George Smith (Chief Judge) 1808 - 1811      
John Thomas Bigge (Chief Judge) 1814 - 1818    
Ashton Warner (Chief Judge) 1818 - 1830      
George Scotland, C.B. (Chief Justice) 1832 - 1849      
William George Knox 1849 - 1869      
Sir Joseph Needham, Kt 1870 - 1885    
Sir John Gorrie, Kt. 1886 - 1892      
Sir John Tankerville Goldney, Kt. 1892 - 1899      
Sir William Anderson, Kt. 1900 - 1903      
Sir Ernest Alfred Northcote, Kt., LL.B 1903 - 1907      
Sir Alfred Van Waterschoodt Lucie-Smith, Kt. 1908 - 1924    
Sir Stanley Fisher, Kt. 1924 - 1926
   
Sir Philip James Macdonell, M.A., Oxon. B.C.L. 1927 - 1930
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Sir Charles Frederic Belcher, Kt. 1930 - 1937    
Sir Charles Cyril Gerathy, Kt., K.C. 1937 - 1943
   
Sir Henry William Butler Blackall, Kt., Bach. Q.C. 1943 - 1946    
Sir Cecil Furness-Smith, Kt., Bach., Q.C. 1947 - 1952
   
Sir Joseph Mathieu Perez, Kt., Q.C., LL.B. 1952 - 1958
   
Sir Stanley Gomes, Kt. 1958 - 1960
   
Sir Arthur Mc Shine K.B.
(Acting)
1961 - 1962     
The Right Honourable Sir Hugh Wooding T.C., K.B.

1962 - 1968

The Honourable Sir
Arthur Mc Shine T.C., K.B.
1969 - 1970
The Honourable
Clement Phillips T.C.
(Acting)
1970 - 1971  
The Honourable Sir Isaac Hyatali T.C., K.B. 1972 - 1983  
The Honourable Mr. Justice Cecil Kelsick T.C. 1983 - 1985
The Honourable Mr. Justice Clinton Bernard T.C. 1985 - 1995
The Right Honourable
Mr. Justice Michael de la Bastide T.C.
1995 - 2002  
The Honourable
Mr Justice Satnarine Sharma T.C, C.M.T.
2002
- 2008
The Honourable
Mr. Justice Roger Hamel-Smith
(Acting)

28th July, 2006
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29th March, 2007

&

14th June, 2007
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Present


(Bio)
 
The Honourable
Mr. Justice Ivor Arhcie
2008
- Present

(Bio)
 

 


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