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Justice of the Court of Appeal
Hon. Dr. Abdulai Conteh

Born 1945; in Sierra Leone
Called to the bar of England and Wales
LLB (Hons): Kings College, London Univ. 1969 and Cambridge University, United Kingdom, 1971
LLM, London University, U.K., 1971
Certificate in Managing Transactions and Legal Risks in a Global Economy, Washington College of Law, 1997
Member of Lincoln’s Inn
Ph.D. (International Law), Kings College, Cambridge University, U.K., 1974
State Counsel, Law Officers Department of Government of Sierra Leone, 1974 – 1975;
Established the law firm of Conteh, Terry & Co., Sierra Leone; Senior Partner 1975 – 1987
Legal Practitioner; Lecturer in Law, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone: 1975 – 1977
Elected Member of Parliament, Sierra Leone 1977 – 1992
Minister of Finance, Government of Sierra Leone: 1984 – 1985
Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Government of Sierra Leone: 1987 – 1991
Bencher and Lecturer in law: 1989 – 1992; Sierra Leone Law School
First Vice President and Minister of Internal Affairs, Sierra Leone Government: 1991 – 1992
Consultant to the Government of The Gambia on the law of evidence, resulting in the Evidence Act 1994 of The Gambia
Acted as consultant on strategy for collaboration between World Space Foundation, Washington DC and UN Agencies
Political officer UNTAET 1999 – 2000
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Belize: 2000 to present
Justice of the Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands, 2008 to present

Justice of the Court of Appeal
Hon. Justice Elliot, D. Mottley Q.C.

Born 1939, Barbados;
Called to the Bar in England and Wales November 1961;
Admitted to the Bar in Barbados as Barrister, 1961;
Admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the West Indies Associated States (practicing in St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, British Virgin Islands, Grenada, Montserrat and Anguilla), 1967;
Member of Barbados Parliament (for the constituency of the City of Bridgetown for the Barbados Labour Party), 1969 – 1976;
Principal Representative of the Government of Barbados in New York, U.S.A. (Designation of Counsel General),1976;
Appointed Queen’s Counsel, 1980;
Admitted to practice at the Bar in Trinidad & Tobago, 1992;
Her Majesty’s Attorney General for the Island of Bermuda; acting as Deputy Governor on several occasions; 1995 – 1998;
Appointed non-resident Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal, Belize, 1999;
Chairman, Disciplinary Committee of the Barbados Bar Association, 1999 – 2000;
Appointed non-resident Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal Turks & Caicos Islands 2002;
Acted as Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of Barbados, 2002;
Admitted to practice at the Bar in Antigua and Barbuda, 2003;
Appointed President of the Court of Appeal, Belize, 2004;
Appointed Justice of the Court Appeal, the Cayman Islands 2005 to present.

Updated Date: April 10, 2012

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