Chief Justice of Gibraltar

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Chief Justice of Gibraltar
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Incumbent
Anthony Dudley
since 2010

The chief justice of the Supreme Court of Gibraltar is one of the four judges who make up the supreme court of Gibraltar. Previously the chief justice was appointed by the Governor of Gibraltar on the advice of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Under the 2006 Constitution the Governor, on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission, makes the appointment on behalf of the Monarch.

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As a judge of the Supreme Court, the chief justice is responsible for hearing civil and criminal proceedings, including Family Jurisdiction, Court of Protection, Admiralty Jurisdiction and Ordinary (Chancery) Jurisdiction, as well as appeals from the Magistrates' Court.

History

Notable chief justices include Sir James Cochrane who held the post for over thirty years during the nineteenth century. [1] Notable cases include the resolution of the strange case of the Mary Celeste , a ship found abandoned at sea in 1872. [2]

On 17 September 2007 the Governor announced the suspension of The Hon. Chief Justice Derek Schofield on full pay pending the investigation and resolution of the ongoing conflict between him, Chief Minister Peter Caruana and leading members of the Gibraltar Bar Association stemming from the judicial reforms introduced through Gibraltar's new constitution and the Judicial Services Act. During Schofield's suspension, Additional Judge Anthony Dudley was acting Chief Justice. [3]

On 1 February 2010, The Convent announced that acting on the advice of the Judicial Services Commission, Governor Sir Adrian Johns had on behalf of Queen Elizabeth, formally appointed Anthony Dudley as Chief Justice of Gibraltar. He is the first Gibraltarian judge to be appointed Chief Justice of Gibraltar. [4]

List of chief justices

IncumbentPortraitTenureNotes
Took officeLeft office
Robert Robinsonc.1740
W. Foye [5] 1817Judge of Court of Civil Pleas
Thomas Jones Howell [6] 1822Judge Advocate
Barron Field [7] 18291841
Sir James Cochrane [8] 18411877
William Henry Doyle [9] 18771879
George Phillippo [10] 18791882
Sir Henry James Burford-Hancock [11] 18821895
Sir Stephen Herbert Gatty [12] 18951905
Sir Henry Rawlins Pipon Schooles [13] 19051913
Sir Bartle Henry Temple Frere [14] 19141922
Sir Daniel Thomas Tudor [15] [16] 19221926Returned to England in 1926 after suffering a stroke.
Sir Sidney Charles King Farlow Nettleton [17] 19271931
Sir Kenneth James Beatty 19311940
Maurice Cherry Greene [18] 19411942
Sir Roger Bacon [19] 19461955
(Sir) Hubert James Marlowe Flaxman [20] 1955
(Sir) Edgar Unsworth 1965>1974
Sir John Farley Spry [21] 19761980
Sir Dermot Renn Davis [22] 19801986
Alister Arthur Kneller [23] 19861995
Derek Schofield Dschofield.jpg 19962009Suspended from duty during 2007–09. Replaced by Anthony Dudley as Acting Chief Justice.
Anthony Dudley [24] 2010

See also

Court system of Gibraltar

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