Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago

Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago

The Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago is the highest judge of the state Trinidad and Tobago and presides its Supreme Court of Judicature.[1] He is appointed by a common decision of the President, the Prime Minister and the leader of the main opposition party.[1]

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History

Tobago was claimed for England already by King James I in 1608, however in the following time saw varying rulers.[2] In 1794, a planter was elected the first Chief Justice. [3] The island was eventually ceded to the United Kingdom in 1814 at the Treaty of Paris[4] and from 1833 it was assigned to the colony of the British Windward Islands.[5]

In 1797 Trinidad, who had been previously controlled by the Spanish Crown, was captured by a fleet commanded by Sir Ralph Abercromby and thus came under British government.[6] The post of a Chief Justice was established in March of the same year.[7] Both islands, Trinidad and Tobago were incorporated into a single colony in 1888, which gained its independence in 1962.[8]

Chief Justices of the Island of Tobago

  • 1794–1799: John Balfour [3]
  •  ?
  • 1805–1828 ?: Elphinstone Pigott
  •  ?
  • 1832–1833: Richard Newton Bennett [9]
  •  ?
  • 1840–1841: Robert Nicholas Fynn [10]
  • 1841–1861: Edward Dyer Sanderson [11]
  • 1862–1867: Henry Iles Woodcock [12]
  •  ?
  • 1880–1882: James Sherrard Armstrong [13]
  • 1882–1888: John Worrell Carrington [14]

Chief Judges of the Island of Trinidad

  • 1797–1808: John Nihell [7]
  • 1808–1811: George Smith [15]
  • 1814–1818: John Thomas Bigge [16]
  • 1818–1830: Ashton Warner [17]

Chief Justices of the Island of Trinidad

  • 1832–1849: George Scotland [16]
  • 1849–1869: William George Knox [18]
  • 1870–1885: Joseph Needham [19]
  • 1886–1888: Sir John Gorrie [20]

Chief Justices of Trinidad and Tobago

  • 1888–1892: Sir John Gorrie [21]
  • 1892–1899: John Tankerville Goldney [22]
  • 1900–1903: Sir William John Anderson [23]
  • 1903–1907: Ernest Alfred Northcote [24]
  • 1908–1924: Alfred van Waterschoodt Lucie-Smith [25]
  • 1924–1926: Sir Stanley Fisher [26]
  • 1927–1930: Sir Philip James Macdonell [27]
  • 1930–1937: Charles Frederic Belcher [28]
  • 1937–1943: Charles Cyril Gerathy [29]
  • 1943–1946: Henry William Butler Blackall [30]
  • 1946–1952: Cecil Furness-Smith [31]
  • 1952–1958: Joseph Leon Mathieu Perez [32]
  • 1958–1960: Stanley Eugene Gomes [33]
    • 1961–1962: Arthur Hugh McShine, acting [34]
  • 1962–1968: Hugh Olliviere Beresford Wooding [35]
  • 1969–1972: Arthur Hugh McShine [34]
  • 1972–1983: Isaac Hyatali [36]
  • 1983–1985: Cecil Kelsick [37]
  • 1985–1995: Clinton Bernard [38]
  • 1995–2002: Michael de la Bastide [39]
  • 2002–2008: Satnarine Sharma [40]
  • 2008–present: Ivor Archie [41]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Attacks on Justice - Trinidad and Tobago" (PDF). International Commission of Jurists. pp. 358. http://www.icj.org/IMG/pdf/trinidadtobago.pdf. Retrieved 24 December 2009. 
  2. ^ Hart (1866), p. 238
  3. ^ a b Laurence (1995), p. 55
  4. ^ Woodcock (1867), p. 75
  5. ^ Woodcock (1867), p. 82
  6. ^ Millett (1985), p. 46
  7. ^ a b Millett (1985), p. 47
  8. ^ Nolan (2002), p. 1694
  9. ^ O'Connell (1972), p. 21
  10. ^ London Gazette: no. 19901. p. 2203. 6 October 1840. Retrieved 25 December 2009.
  11. ^ London Gazette: no. 19973. p. 1079. 27 April 1841. Retrieved 25 December 2009.
  12. ^ London Gazette: no. 22591. p. 334. 21 January 1862. Retrieved 25 December 2009.
  13. ^ Rose (1888), p. 325
  14. ^ London Gazette: no. 25086. p. 1282. 21 March 1882. Retrieved 25 December 2009.
  15. ^ Millett (1985), p. 230
  16. ^ a b Joseph (1970), p. 113
  17. ^ Hart (1866), p. 198
  18. ^ London Gazette: no. 21006. p. 2451. 7 August 1849. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  19. ^ London Gazette: no. 23600. p. 1833. 22 March 1870. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  20. ^ Brereton (1997), p. 231
  21. ^ Brereton (1997), p. 259
  22. ^ London Gazette: no. 26317. p. 4657. 16 August 1892. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  23. ^ London Gazette: no. 27173. p. 1709. 13 March 1900. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  24. ^ London Gazette: no. 27617. p. 7030. 17 November 1903. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  25. ^ London Gazette: no. 28161. p. 5420. 24 July 1908. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  26. ^ London Gazette: no. 32983. p. 7506. 17 October 1924. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  27. ^ London Gazette: no. 33243. p. 578. 28 January 1927. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  28. ^ London Gazette: no. 33658. p. 6945. 4 November 1930. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  29. ^ London Gazette: no. 34397. p. 3108. 11 May 1937. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  30. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 35897. p. 717. 9 February 1943. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  31. ^ London Gazette: no. 37755. p. 5038. 11 October 1946. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  32. ^ London Gazette: no. 39537. p. 2508. 9 May 1952. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  33. ^ London Gazette: no. 41557. p. 7215. 25 November 1958. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  34. ^ a b Comma (1973), p. 193
  35. ^ Comma (1973), p. 280
  36. ^ Comma (1973), p. 33
  37. ^ Yawching (1991), p. 189
  38. ^ Yawching (1991), p. 83
  39. ^ West (2001), p. 732
  40. ^ "Appointment of Chief Justice" (PDF). Trinidad and Tobago Gazette (135): pp. 7593. 15 July 2002. http://www.news.gov.tt/E-Gazette/Gazette%202002/135_2002.pdf. Retrieved 24 December 2009. 
  41. ^ "Appointment of Chief Justice" (PDF). Trinidad and Tobago Gazette (9): pp. 55. 24 January 2008. http://www.news.gov.tt/E-Gazette/Gazette%202008/Gazette%20No.%209%20of%202008.pdf. Retrieved 24 December 2009. 

References

  • Millett, James (1985). Society and Politics in Colonial Trinidad. Omega. ISBN 0862324211. 
  • Joseph, Edward Lanzer (1970). History of Trinidad. Routledge. ISBN 0714619396. 
  • Hart, Daniel (1866). Trinidad and the other West India Islands and Colonies. Trinidad: The Chronicle Publishing Office. 
  • Brereton, Bridget (1997). Law, Justice and Empire: The Colonial Career of John Gorrie, 1829–1892. Kingston, Jamaica: Press University of the West Indies. ISBN 9766400350. 
  • Comma, Carlton N. (1973). Who's Who in Trinidad and Tobago 1972–1973. Port of Spain: Carib Printers Ltd.. 
  • Yawching, Donna (1991). Who's Who and Handbook of Trinidad and Tobago. Inprint Caribbean Ltd.. ISBN 9766080380. 
  • Jacqueline West, ed (2001). South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002. London: Europe Publications. ISBN 1857431219. 
  • Nolan, Cathal J. (2002). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of International Relations S-Z. vol. IV. Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0313323836. 
  • Woodcock, Henry Iles (1867). A History of Tobago. Ayr: Smith and Grant. 
  • Laurence, Keith Ormiston (1995). Tobago in Wartime, 1793–1815. Kingston, Jamaica: Press University of the West Indies. ISBN 9766400032. 
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