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- ↑ "PAST PRESIDENTS – Anguilla Bar Association" . Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court: Commonwealth of Dominica
- "Guyanese appointed Dominica High Court judge", Kaieteur News , 2009-10-03
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