Place of birth: United Kingdom

Nationality: United Kingdom and of the Cayman Islands

QUALIFICATIONS

• BA, Cambridge University, England, United Kingdom, 1971
• LLB (Hons), Edinburgh University, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1973
• Called to the Bar of Scotland as Advocate (Barrister), 1975
• In practice as Advocate, 1975-1981
• Admitted as Attorney-at-Law, Cayman Islands, 1981
• Admitted as Barrister, Eastern Caribbean, (BVI), 2005
• Appointed Queen’s Counsel (QC), Cayman Islands, 2009

BAR, JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE

• Associate, W.S. Walker & Company, Grand Cayman, 1981 – 1986;
• Partner, W.S. Walker & Company, (latterly Walkers), 1986 – 2007;
• Acting Judge of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, 2007 – 2009;
• Appointed Permanent Judge of the Grand Court, allocated to the Financial Services Division, 2009

MEMBERSHIP

• Member, International Bar Association;
• Member, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP);
• Honourary Member, Association of Contentious Trust & Probate Specialists (ACTAPS)