Opening of Grand Court addresses: CBA & CILS
CBA President’s Address for the opening of the Grand Court 15 January 2014 1. Introduction My Lord Chief Justice, Honourable Judges of the Grand Court, Honourable Chief Magistrate, Honourable Magistrates, distinguished guests, colleagues at the Bar, Ladies and Gentlemen, I…
Attorney General’s address at Grand Court opening
Address by Samuel Bulgin, Hon. Attorney General, at the Opening of the Grand Court for the year 2014 My Lord Chief Justice and Hon. Judges of the Grand Court, Hon. Chief Magistrate, Hon. Magistrates, Madam DPP, Madam Solicitor General, COP,…
Address by Colin McKie Q.C. at the Opening of the Grand Court for the year 2014
My Lord Chief Justice, Honourable Justices, Hon. Chief Magistrate, Hon. Magistrates, Mr Attorney, Madam DPP, my colleagues at the Bar, our Special and Distinguished Guests, Ladies & Gentlemen If it may please my Lord. This is the 23rd ceremony marking…
Chief Justice’s Address to the Opening of The Grand Court on The 15th January 2014
The proceedings commenced with Prayers led by Rev. Hazle of Elmslie Memorial United Church. Salutations were extended to Her Excellency the Governor, the Hon. Premier; the Hon. Deputy Governor and other Honourable Members of Cabinet; Honourable Members of the Legislative…
Grand Court Opens
The 2014 session of the Grand Court formally opened on Wednesday, 15 January 2014. In a ceremony on the court steps and in front of fellow judges, magistrates, attorneys and court staff, the Chief Justice, Hon. Anthony Smellie, QC, received…
The Editor Speaks: A new court house is urgently needed
When I was a practicing Quantity Surveyor here in the late 1980’s to early 1990’s I remember one of our projects was to do a cost exercise on an extension to the existing Court House in George Town. It was…