Judges
Current

(Assigned to all Divisions except the Financial Services Division)
Place of birth: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nationality: British National and Turks and Caicos Islands Belonger
QUALIFICATIONS
- Called to the Bar of Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (St Vincent and the Grenadines), 2001
- Called to the Bar of Turks and Caicos Islands, 2001
- Called to the Bar of England & Wales at Grays Inn, 1988
- Bar Finals – Inns of Court School of Law, 1988
- LLB (Hons), 1987
BAR, JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE
- Judge of the Grand Court, Cayman Islands, 2011
- Judge of the Supreme Court, Turks and Caicos Islands (Chief Justice (ag) when required), 2008-2011
- Chief Magistrate and Chief Coroner, Turks and Caicos Islands (Chief Justice (ag) or Judge of the Supreme Court (ag) when required), 2004-2008
- Resident Magistrate and Coroner for Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands (Chief Magistrate (ag) when required), 2002-2004
- Senior Magistrate, Vice and Acting President of the Family Court and Coroner for St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 2001-2002
- Head of Litigation, Saunders and Company, Turks and Caicos Island, 2001
- Tenancy – Chambers of Phillip Sapsford QC, Goldsmith Chambers, Goldsmith Building, Temple, London, 1993-2001
- Tenancy – Chambers of Len Woodley QC / Lord Gifford QC, 8 King’s Bench Walk, Temple, London, 1989-1993
- Pupillage – Chambers of Len Woodley QC / Lord Gifford QC, 8 King’s Bench Walk, Temple, London, 1988-1989
MEMBERSHIPS
- International Hague Network Judge, 2013 to date
- Vice-President Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association (Caribbean Region), 2009-2012 & 2015 to date
- Council Member Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association (Caribbean Region), 2006 to date
- International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates
- Association of International Family Judges
- Adviser to UNICEF, Barbados office – Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Family Law and Domestic Violence Legal and Judicial Reform Project
- Adviser to UNICEF, Barbados office – Moving the Agenda for Children forward In the Eastern Caribbean Project

(Assigned to all Divisions)
Place of Birth: Jamaica
Nationality: Jamaican and Caymanian Status Holder
QUALIFICATIONS
- Called to the Inner Bar of the Cayman Islands – 2009
- Called to the Bar of the Cayman Islands -2009
- Called to the Bar of Jamaica -1986
- Norman Manley Law School -LEC 1986
- University of the West Indies- (Honours) LLB 1984
BAR, JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE
- Judge of the Grand Court- Cayman Islands- December 2018
- Director of Public Prosecutions- Cayman Islands – 2011-2018
- Solicitor General – Cayman Islands- 2005-2011
- Senior Crown Counsel International- Cayman Islands- 2003 -2005
- Crown Counsel – Cayman Islands- 1996-2003
- Senior Crown Counsel – Turks and Caicos – 1993-1996
- Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions- Jamaica – 1992-1993
- Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions – Jamaica- 1990-1992
- Crown Counsel- Jamaica- 1988-1990
- Clerk of Court – Jamaica -1986-1988

(Assigned to the Financial Services Division)
Place of birth:United Kingdom
Citizen of the United Kingdom
QUALIFICATIONS
- M.A., University of Oxford (England) (St. Peter’s College)
- Admitted as a Solicitor, 1982
- Qualified to practice at the New York Bar since 2003
- Called the Bar of England and Wales and qualified as a barrister, 2018
BAR, JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE
- Partner (previously trainee and associate) Cameron Markby (now CMS Cameron McKenna) London, 1980-1988
- Partner, Allen and Overy, London, 1988-2003
- Partner, Davis Polk and Wardwell, New York, 2003-2006
- Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, 2006 to 2018
- Barrister, Erskine Chambers, Chancery Lane, London
- Appointed Judge of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands assigned to the Financial Services Division, January 2015 (full-time)
- Fellow of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies and of INSOL
- Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy
- Trustee of BAILII (British and Irish Legal Information Service)
- Tutor, BCL, Oxford University
- Consulting Editor, Totty, Moss and Segal on Insolvency (Sweet & Maxwell)
- Consulting Editor, Debt Restructuring (OUP)
- Contributing author, Lightman& Moss, The Law of Administrators and Receivers of Companies, Moss, Fletcher & Isaacs, The EC Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings and Rose, Restitution and Banking Law.
- Member, Advisory Board for the Oxford Masters in Law and Finance Programme and of the Oxford Centre for Commercial Law Studies
- Deputy Chair of the Oxford University Society
- Member, Steering Committee and Executive Committee of the Secured Transactions Law Reform Project
- Formerly Visiting Fellow at University College and at Queen Mary & Westfield College, London

Born: 26 April 1960
Nationality: British
QUALIFICATIONS
- Glenealy Junior School Hong Kong 1965 -1971
- Hong Kong Island School 1971-1974
- King William’s College Isle of Man 1974-1978
- Bachelor of Law Newcastle Upon Tyne University 1981
BAR, JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE
- Called to the Bar of England and Wales 1982
- Litigation Department Slaughter and May solicitors London 1982
- Called to the Bar of the Isle of Man 1984
- George Johnson Law Prize for essay on Precedent in Manx Law
- Partner at Dickinson, Cruickshank & Co Advocates 1985 – 2003 dealing principally with company, commercial, trust and regulatory litigation matters becoming Head of Commercial Department
- Contributions to Solly’s Government and Law in the Isle of Man (1994)
- Contributions to Solly’s Isle of Man Partnership Law (1996)
- Member of the Governing Council of the Isle of Man Law Society 1997 – 2003
- Chairman Law Society Education Committee 1997 – 2003
- Chairman Law Society Human Rights Committee 2001 – 2003
- Member of the Isle of Man Government’s Corporate Services Review Committee 2001 – 2003
- Part-time Deputy High Bailiff (District Judge) and Coroner of Inquests 2002 – 2003
- Elected Vice President Isle of Man Law Society 2003
- Her Majesty’s Second Deemster (Deputy Chief Justice) sitting at first instance and in the Appeal Division from 2003 – 2010
- Her Majesty’s First Deemster and Clerk of the Rolls (Chief Justice) sitting at first instance and in the Appeal Division and Deputy Governor of the Isle of Man from 2010 – 2018
- Elected Bencher Gray’s Inn 2011
- Judge of Appeal of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey from 2015 – 2018
- From 2007 onwards presented various lectures in Harvard, Oxford and elsewhere on the rule of law and judging ( some of which are available at courts.im)
- 2018 to 2021: Senior Legal Adviser within the litigation department at Cains Advocates Isle of Man dealing with company, commercial, trust and regulatory litigation matters
- Member of the Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association
- Awarded CBE in The Queen’s 2019 New Year’s Honours for services to the law and the administration of justice
Retired

(Assigned to the Financial Services Division)
Place of birth:Kenya
Citizen of the United Kingdom and of the Cayman Islands
QUALIFICATIONS
- LL.B. (Hons),University Bristol (England)
- Barrister, Middle Temple called 1973In practice as a barrister in London, 1974-1986
- Admitted as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands, 1987
BAR, JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE
- Associate, Hunter & Hunter, 1987-1990
- Partner, Hunter & Hunter, 1991-2003
- President, Cayman Islands Law Society 2000-2001
- Appointed Queen’s Counsel, Cayman Islands, 2004
- Senior Counsel, Appleby Cayman, 2004-2013
- Chairman, Cayman Islands Law Reform Commission, 2005-2006
- Accredited mediator, 2006
- Appointed Judge of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands assigned to the Financial Services Division, January 2015

(Assigned to the Financial Services Division)
- Place of birth: United Kingdom
- Citizen of the United Kingdom and of the Cayman Islands
- BA Cambridge University (England, United Kingdom), 1971
- LLB (Hons.), Edinburgh University (Scotland, United Kingdom), 1973
- Called to the Bar of Scotland as Advocate (Barrister), 1975
- In practice as Advocate, 1975-1981
- Admitted as attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands, 1981
- Associate, W.S. Walker & Company, Grand Cayman, 1981-1986
- Partner, W.S. Walker & Company, (latterly Walkers), 1986-2007
- Admitted as Barrister, Eastern Caribbean (BVI) 2005
- Acting Judge of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, 2007-2009
- Appointed Queen’s Counsel, Cayman Islands, 2009
- Appointed Permanent Judge of the Grand Court, allocated to the Financial Services Division, 2009
- Member: International Bar Association, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), and Association of Contentious Trust & Probate Specialists (ACTAPS) (honourary member)

- Place of birth: Canada; Citizen of Canada;
- B.A., (Philosophy) Bishop’s University (Lennoxville, Quebec), 1965;
- LL.B (Hons.), Osgoode Hall Law School (Toronto);
- Called to the Bar of British Columbia, 1970;
- Assistant City Prosecutor, Vancouver, 1970-1973;
- Partner, Bridal & Henderson, Vancouver, 1974-1981;
- Associate, Davis & Co., Vancouver, 1981-1983;
- Partner, Davis & Co.; Vancouver, BC, 1983-1995;
- Called to the Bar of Alberta, 1986;
- Appointed Queen’s Counsel, 1992;
- Judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, sitting at Vancouver, 1995-2003;
- Acting Judge, Grand Court of the Cayman Islands – 2000-2003;
- Acting Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the Turks Caicos Islands, 2001;
- Co-author, “The Business of Crime”, a report to government on organized crime and money laundering;
- Co-editor, “Criminal Jury Instructions” a reference book used by Canadian judges in instructing juries;
- Frequent lecturer at continuing legal (and judicial) education events;
- Member – Insolvency Practitioners International (Insol).

Place of birth: United Kingdom
Citizen of the United Kingdom and of the Cayman Islands
QUALIFICATIONS
- BA (Law) Cambridge University (England, United Kingdom), 1972
- Called to the Bar of England and Wales, 1973
- Practiced as a barrister in London 1974-1984
BAR, JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE
- Head of Litigation, Maples and Calder, Cayman Islands, 1984-2005
- Appointed Queen’s Counsel, 2002
- Appointed Permanent Judge of the Grand Court, allocated to the Financial Services Division, 2009
- Chairman of the Insolvency Rules Committee

(Assigned to all Divisions)
QUALIFICATIONS
- History Honours graduate from Southampton University, England;
- Studied law at the Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland and was Called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 1978, where he practised until 1981;
- Admitted as an attorney at law to the Supreme Court of Bermuda in 1981;
BAR, JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE
- Crown counsel in the Attorney General’s Chambers in Bermuda from 1981 to 1984;
- Admitted as an attorney at law to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands in January 1985;
- Senior partner of the law firm, Quin & Hampson, in Cayman from 1992 to 2007;
- Acting Magistrate of the Summary Court in 1993 and acted as a magistrate for many years following that appointment;
- Appointed Queen`s Counsel in 2004;
- Admitted as an attorney at law to the Supreme Court of the Eastern Caribbean in September 2005;
- Acted as Attorney General of Montserrat in 2006;
- Judge of the Grand Court from May 2008;
- President of the Cayman Islands Law Society in 1999 and 2000, and again in 2006 and 2007;
- Cayman Honorary Representative of the Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) 2002-2012;
- Member of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) and the Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association (CMJA);
- Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the Cayman Islands Cricket Association.

(Assigned to all Divisions)
Place of birth: United Kingdom
Nationality: British
QUALIFICATIONS
- Called to the Bar of England & Wales 1974
- Called to the Bar of Bermuda 1976
- Called to the Bar of Northern Ireland 1983
- Called to the Bar of Hong Kong 1983
- Called to the Bar of California 1992
- Called to the Bar of Cayman Islands 1998
- Bar Finals – College of Law, London 1974
- University of Sussex, England – LL.B (Honours) 1973
- University of Sussex, England – B.A. (Honours) 1972
BAR, JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE
- Judge of the Grand Court, Cayman Islands 2016
- Acting Judge of the Grand Court, Cayman Islands 2015
- Senior Counsel – HSM Chambers, Grand Cayman – 2013-2015
- Counsel – Hunter and Hunter now Appleby (Cayman) 1998-2012
- Crown Counsel – Cayman Islands – 1996-1998
- Private Practice, Bermuda and Isle of Man – 1992-1995
- Senior Crown Counsel Bermuda – 1984-1992
- Attorney General’s Chambers, Hong Kong – 1983-1984
- Chambers of John Melville Williams QC (London) – 1980-1983
- Crown Counsel Bermuda – 1976-1980
- Chambers of Michael Johnston (London); Chambers of Colin Cunningham (Liverpool) – 1974-1976
MEMBERSHIP
- Cayman Islands Law Society
- Caymanian Bar Association
- State Bar of California
- Life Member, MCC
- Member, Disciplinary Complaints Committee, Cayman Islands Cricket Association – 2012 to date