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CHIEF JUDGES AND CHIEF JUSTICES
OF TRINIDAD AND OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO . 

1797-1808 John Nihell (Chief Judge)

1808-1811 George Smith (Chief Judge)

1814-1818 John Thomas Bigge (Chief Judge)

1818-1830 Ashton Warner (Chief Judge)

1832-1849 George Scotland, C.B. (Chief Justice)

1849-1869 William George Knox

1870-1885 Sir Joseph Needham, Kt

1886-1892 Sir John Gorrie, Kt.

1892-1899 Sir John Tankerville Goldney, Kt.

1900-1903 Sir William Anderson, Kt.

1903-1907 Sir Ernest Alfred Northcote, Kt., LL.B.

1908-1924  Sir Alfred Van Waterschoodt Lucie-Smith, Kt.

1924-1926  Sir Stanley Fisher, Kt.

1927-1930  Sir Philip James Macdonell, M.A., Oxon. B.C.L.

1930-1937  Sir Charles Frederic Belcher, Kt.

1937-1943  Sir Charles Cyril Gerathy, Kt., K.C.

1943-1946  Sir Henry William Butler Blackall, Kt., Bach. Q.C.

1946-1952  Sir Cecil Furness-Smith, Kt., Bach., Q.C.

1952-1958  Sir Joseph Mathieu Perez, Kt., Q.C., LL.B.

1958-1960  Sir Stanley Gomes, Kt.

1961-1962  Sir Arthur Mc Shine (Acting) K.B.

1962-1968  Sir Hugh Wooding T.C., K.B.

1969-1972  The Honourable Arthur Mc Shine T.C., K.B.

1972-1983  The Honourable Sir Isaac Hyatali T.C., K.B.

1983-1985 The Honourable Mr. Justice Cecil Kelsick T.C.

1985-1995 The Honourable Mr. Justice Clinton Bernard T.C.

1995-2002 The Honourable Mr. Justice Michael de la Bastide T.C.

2002 - 2008 The Honourable Mr Justice Satnarine Sharma T.C, C.M.

2008 -Present The Honourable Mr Justice Ivor Archie.

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