Hon. Justice Elliot D. Mottley KC

Place of birth

Barbados

Date Appointed

Appointed since 2005

Nationality

Barbadian

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Born 1939, Barbados;
  • Called to the Bar in England and Wales November 1961;
  • Admitted to the Bar in Barbados as Barrister, 1961;
  • Admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the West Indies Associated States (practicing in St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, British Virgin Islands, Grenada, Montserrat and Anguilla), 1967;
  • Member of Barbados Parliament (for the constituency of the City of Bridgetown for the Barbados Labour Party), 1969 – 1976;
  • Principal Representative of the Government of Barbados in New York, U.S.A. (Designation of Counsel General),1976;
  • Appointed Queen’s Counsel, 1980;
  • Admitted to practice at the Bar in Trinidad & Tobago, 1992;
  • Her Majesty’s Attorney General for the Island of Bermuda; acting as Deputy Governor on several occasions; 1995 – 1998;
  • Appointed non-resident Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal, Belize, 1999;
  • Chairman, Disciplinary Committee of the Barbados Bar Association, 1999 – 2000;
  • Appointed non-resident Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal Turks & Caicos Islands 2002;
  • Acted as Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of Barbados, 2002;
  • Admitted to practice at the Bar in Antigua and Barbuda, 2003;
  • Appointed President of the Court of Appeal, Belize, 2004;
  • Appointed Justice of the Court Appeal, the Cayman Islands 2005 to present.