Head of the Supreme Court of Belize
Thechief justice of Belize is the head of theSupreme Court of Belize. Under Chapter 7 of theConstitution of Belize, the chief justice is appointed by theGovernor-General on the advice of theprime minister.[1]
Since the retirement ofKenneth Benjamin in March 2020,Michelle Arana was the acting chief justice of Belize.[2]Louise Blenman was appointed to fill the vacancy in September 2022.[3]
List of chief justices
[edit]The full list as published by theattorney general of Belize:[4]
- Robert Temple Esq., 1843–1861
British Honduras (1862-1973)
[edit]- Richard J. Connor, 1862
- William Alexander Parker, 1875–1881
- SirHenry Rawlins Pipon Schooles, 1881 (laterAdministrator of Grenada, 1887 andAttorney General of Jamaica, 1896)
- William Anthony Musgrave Sheriff, 1883–1886
- SirWilliam Meigh Goodman, 1886–1889
- SirWilliam John Anderson, 1890–1900 (afterwardsChief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago, 1900)
- SirWalter Llewellyn Lewis, 1900–1906[5]
- Frederic Mackenzie Maxwell, 1906–1911 (afterwardsChief Justice of the Leeward Islands, 1912)
- Sir Walter Sidney Shaw, 1912–1914
- Sir Robert Blair Roden, 1915–1921
- Herbert Kortright McDonnell Sisnett, 1922–1931
- Charles Wilton Wood Greenidge, 1932–1936
- SirArthur Kirwan Agar, 1936–1940
- SirCarleton George Langley, 1940–1947[6]
- Frederick Malcolm Boland, 1948–1949
- SirAlfred Victor Crane, 1950–1954
- Erskine Rueul La Tourette Ward, 1955–1957
- Sir Clifford De Lisle Inniss, 1957–1972
- Arthur Richard Franklin Dickson, 1973–1974
- SirDenis Eustace Gilbert Malone, 1974–1979
- Albert L. Staine, CBE, 1979–1982
- George C. R. Moe, QC, 1982–1985
- Taufik Cotran, CBE, 1986–1990
- SirGeorge N. Brown, 1990–1998
- George Singh, 1998
- Manuel Sosa, CBE, SC, 1998–1999
- Dr.Abdulai Osman Conteh, 2000–2010[7]
- Kenneth Benjamin, 2011[8]-2020
- Louise Blenman, 2022[9]-Present
- ^"Structure, composition, and jurisdiction". Government of Belize. Archived fromthe original on 2012-08-02. Retrieved2012-04-19.
- ^abParks, Rowland A. (21 March 2020)."Supreme Court Justice Michelle Arana will act as Chief Justice".Amandala. Retrieved2020-09-19.
- ^"New Chief Justice of Belize Louise Blenman sworn in". 2 September 2022.
- ^"Chief Justices of Belize, 1843 to 2000". Attorney General of Belize. Archived fromthe original on 2012-02-04. Retrieved2012-04-19.
- ^"No. 27173".The London Gazette. 13 March 1900. p. 1709.
- ^"No. 34847".The London Gazette. 10 May 1940. p. 2807.
- ^Humes, Aaron (2010-01-10)."The end of an era: Chief Justice Dr. Abdulai Conteh retires".Amandala. Retrieved2012-04-18.
- ^Trapp, Adele (2011-07-29)."Guyanese jurist, Kenneth Benjamin, 56, to succeed Conteh".Amandala. Archived fromthe original on 2013-03-17. Retrieved2012-04-18.
- ^Humes, Aaron (2022-06-23)."Government identifies new Chief Justice of Belize".
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