List of Chief Justices of Jamaica
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This is a list of Chief Justice
s of Jamaica
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Possible Chief Justices
Chief Justice
The Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of Canada, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the Court of Final Appeal of...
s of Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
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- John Hudson Guy
- William Anglin ScarlettWilliam Anglin ScarlettSir William Anglin Scarlett was Chief Justice of Jamaica.Scarlett was the son of Robert Scarlett who owned property in Jamaica. His elder brother, James, was to become Attorney General. He was educated in Edinburgh and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1802. In 1809,...
(1821-1831) - Joshua Rowe
- William Taylor
- Bryan Edwards
- John Lucie Smith (1870-1883)
- Adam Gibb Ellis (-1894)
- Henry Burford-Hancock (January 1895 – October 1895)
- Fielding ClarkeFielding ClarkeSir Fielding Clarke Kt. was a British colonial barrister, civil servant and jurist.-Biography:Fielding Clarke was the fourth son of Henry Booth Clarke and his wife Isabella . He married in 1888 Mary Milward Pierce.Education...
(January 1896 - 1911) - Anthony Coll (January 1911 – 1922)
- Anthony de Freitas (acting July 1922 - September 1923)
- St John Branch (June 1923 – 1925)
- Anthony de Freitas (acting January 1925 - February 1926)
- Fiennes Barrett-Lennard (1925-1932)
- Robert Lyall-Grant (August 1932 – 1936)
- Robert Howard Furness (April 1936 – 1944)
- Horace HearneHorace HearneSir Hector Horace Hearne was a Judge.Hearne was born in 1892, the son of Samuel Hearne and Edith...
(1944-1951) - Kenneth O'Connor (1951 – 1954)
- Colin MacGregor (1957-1962)
- Rowland PhillipsRowland PhillipsRowland David Phillips is a former rugby union back row forward for Wales where he won 10 caps between 1987-90. He also played rugby union for Neath RFC before moving to rugby league, playing for Warrington, and Workington Town.He also played for Wales and Great Britain rugby league teams...
(1963-1967) - Allen Lewis (acting 1966)
- Herbert DuffusHerbert DuffusSir Herbert George Holwell Duffus was acting Governor-General of Jamaica from 2 March to 27 June 1973. He was born in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica. He was knighted in 1966, and became Chief Justice of Jamaica in 1968, serving until taking office as Governor-General....
(1968-1973) - Kenneth SmithKenneth SmithSignalman Kenneth Smith GC of the Royal Corps of Signals, was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the bravery he showed on the night of 10 January 1945 on the island of Ist in the Adriatic when attached to the Long Range Desert Group.-Life:Smith was born in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire on 7...
(1973-1985) - Edward ZaccaEdward ZaccaEdward Zacca was Chief Justice of the Jamaican Supreme Court from 1985 to 1996. Under the constitution of Jamaica, the Chief Justice serves as Acting Governor General when that office is vacant, and Chief Justice Zacca served in that capacity from March to August 1991. Zacca was succeeded as Chief...
(1985-1996) - Lensley Wolfe (1996-2007)
- Zaila McCalla (2007-`present)
Possible Chief Justices
- Joseph Leslie Cundall (acted as Chief Justice?)
- Cyril Henriques ?