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Allen became a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Bahamas in 1995, and was elevated to Senior Justice in 2005. [1] She also served as Acting Chief Justice in 2007. [2] In November 2010, she succeeded Joan Sawyer as President of the Court of Appeal.
In September 1978, she served as an acting magistrate on a widely-reported poaching case. [6] [7] In 1987, she served as an acting Supreme Court justice for two months. [2] Sawyer was named a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Bahamas on 6 May 1988, [2] and served in that position until 30 June 1995.
The position of chief justice is authorised by Article 93(2) of the Constitution of the Bahamas. Under Article 94(1), the governor-general appoints the chief justice on the recommendation of the prime minister after consultation with the leader of the opposition. Removal of the chief justice is governed by Article 96(6); the prime minister ...
He has served as Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice of the Court of Appeal, Senior Justice and, in February, succeeded Sir Michael Barnett as Chief Justice, the nation's highest judicial office. Sir Hartman has been appointed a Knight Bachelor in recognition of his contributions to the legal and judicial system of The Bahamas. [2]
The law of the Bahamas makes provisions for the appointment of 12 Justices to the Bench of the Supreme Court, inclusive of the Chief Justice, and for five Justices of the Court of Appeal, inclusive of the President. The Chief Justice, as Head of the Judiciary, is an ex officio member of the Court of Appeal, but only sits at the invitation of ...
Aug. 1—NASSAU, Bahamas — Thomasville resident Lindsay Shiver is under arrest after Bahamian Police said they uncovered a plot crafted by her and two men to kill her estranged husband, Robert ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A Bahamas court on Tuesday temporarily barred the country's government from agreeing to let U.S. prosecutors pursue part of their criminal case against Sam Bankman-Fried, the ...
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 ...