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The chief justice of Jamaica is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Jamaica. This article lists chief justices from before and after Jamaica's independence in 1962.
Order of Jamaica (2018) Bryan Sykes OJ is a Jamaican judge . He was appointed as the Chief Justice of Jamaica on 1 February 2018 and was sworn in on 1 March 2018.
Chief Justice of Jamaica; In office 27 June 2007 – 1 February 2018: Preceded by: Lensley Wolfe: ... Between 2007 and 2018, she was the Chief Justice of Jamaica. [1] [2]
Deputy Prime Minister of Jamaica (Horace Chang) Leader of the Opposition (Mark Golding) Members of the Cabinet and Ministers of State President of the Senate (Tom Tavares-Finson, KC) Speaker of the House of Representatives (Juliet Holness) Chief Justice of Jamaica, Bryan Sykes; President of the Court of Appeal; President of the Jamaica Council ...
Sir Edward Zacca KCMG OJ (26 July 1931 – 11 November 2019) [1] was chief justice of the Jamaican Supreme Court from 1985 to 1996. Under the Constitution of Jamaica, the chief justice of Jamaica serves as acting governor-general of Jamaica when that office is vacant, and Chief Justice Zacca served in that capacity from March to August 1991.
The Chief Justice is also a judge ex officio of the Court of Appeal, but participates only when asked to do so by the President. Although the Court of Appeal is the highest court in Jamaica, its judgements may themselves be appealed to the King-in-Council, in which case they are heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London. [1 ...
Pages in category "Chief justices of Jamaica" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
In 1965, he was named a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court, and in 1970 was elevated to a seat on the Court of Appeal until his appointment as Chief Justice in 1973. [3] He served in that capacity until 1984. [4] Smith was appointed as a Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal, Bahamas in 1983, serving in that post until his retirement in 1993 ...