Supreme Court

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Chief Justices

NamePeriod
The Honourable Mr. Justice Ivor Archie 2008 - Present
The Honourable Mr. Justice Roger Hamel-Smith (Acting) 14th June, 2007 - 20th December, 2007
28th July, 2006 - 29th March, 2007
The Honourable Mr Justice Satnarine Sharma T.C, C.M.T. 2002 - 2008
The Right Honourable Mr. Justice Michael de la Bastide T.C. 1995 - 2002
The Honourable Mr. Justice Clinton Bernard T.C. 1985 - 1995
The Honourable Mr. Justice Cecil Kelsick T.C. 1983 - 1985
The Honourable Sir Isaac Hyatali T.C., K.B. 1972 - 1983
The Honourable Clement Phillips T.C. (Acting) 1970 - 1971
The Honourable Sir Arthur Mc Shine T.C., K.B. 1969 - 1970
The Right Honourable Sir Hugh Wooding T.C., K.B. 1962 - 1968
Sir Arthur Mc Shine K.B. (Acting) 1961 - 1962
Sir Stanley Gomes, Kt. 1958 - 1960
Sir Joseph Mathieu Perez, Kt., Q.C., LL.B. 1952 - 1958
Sir Cecil Furness-Smith, Kt., Bach., Q.C. 1947 - 1952
Sir Henry William Butler Blackall, Kt., Bach. Q.C. 1943 - 1946
Sir Charles Cyril Gerathy, Kt., K.C. 1937 - 1943
Sir Charles Frederic Belcher, Kt. 1930 - 1937
Sir Philip James Macdonell, M.A., Oxon. B.C.L. 1927 - 1930
Sir Stanley Fisher, Kt. 1924 - 1926
Sir Alfred Van Waterschoodt Lucie-Smith, Kt. 1908 - 1924
Sir Ernest Alfred Northcote, Kt., LL.B 1903 - 1907
Sir William Anderson, Kt. 1900 - 1903
Sir John Tankerville Goldney, Kt. 1892 - 1899
Sir John Gorrie, Kt. 1886 - 1892
Sir Joseph Needham, Kt. 1870 - 1885
William George Knox 1849 - 1869
George Scotland, C.B. (Chief Justice) 1832 - 1849
Ashton Warner (Chief Judge) 1818 - 1830
John Thomas Bigge (Chief Judge) 1814 - 1818
George Smith (Chief Judge) 1808 - 1811
John Nihell (Chief Judge) 1797 - 1808