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Chief Justice of Gibraltar

The chief justice of the Supreme Court of Gibraltar is one of the four judges who make up the supreme courtofGibraltar. 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.

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[edit]

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[edit]

Incumbent	Portrait	Tenure		Notes
		Took office	Left office
Robert Robinson		c.1740
W. Foye [5]		1817		Judge of Court of Civil Pleas
Thomas Jones Howell [6]		1822		Judge Advocate
Barron Field [7]		1829	1841
Sir James Cochrane[8]		1841	1877
William Henry Doyle[9]		1877	1879
George Phillippo[10]		1879	1882
Sir Henry James Burford-Hancock[11]		1882	1895
Sir Stephen Herbert Gatty[12]		1895	1905
Sir Henry Rawlins Pipon Schooles[13]		1905	1913
Sir Bartle Henry Temple Frere[14]		1914	1922
Sir Daniel Thomas Tudor[15][16]		1922	1926	Returned to England in 1926 after suffering a stroke.
Sir Sidney Charles King Farlow Nettleton [17]		1927	1931
Sir Kenneth James Beatty		1931	1940
Maurice Cherry Greene[18]		1941	1942
Sir Roger Bacon[19]		1946	1955
(Sir) Hubert James Marlowe Flaxman[20]		1955
(Sir) Edgar Unsworth		1965	>1974
Sir John Farley Spry[21]		1976	1980
Sir Dermot Renn Davis[22]		1980	1986
Alister Arthur Kneller[23]		1986	1995
Derek Schofield		1996	2009	Suspended from duty during 2007–09. Replaced by Anthony Dudley as Acting Chief Justice.
Anthony Dudley[24]		2010

See also[edit]

Court system of Gibraltar

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Organisation of Justice in Gibraltar
• Gibraltar's Constitution & Legal System

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