Rt. Hon. Charles Quin, KC

Grand Court Judge (Retired)

QUALIFICATIONS

  • BA History (Hons), Southampton University, England
  • LL.B (Hons), Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Called to the Bar of Northern Ireland, 1978
  • Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law, Supreme Court of Bermuda, 1981
  • Admitted as an attorney-at-Law, Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, January 1985
  • Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law, Supreme Court of the Eastern Caribbean, September 2005

BAR, JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE

  • Crown Counsel in the Attorney General’s Chambers in Bermuda, 1981 – 1984;
  • Senior Partner of the law firm, Quin & Hampson, Cayman, 1992 – 2007;
  • Acting Magistrate of the Summary Court in 1993 and acted as a Magistrate for many years following that appointment;
  • Appointed Queen`s Counsel, 2004;
  • Acted as Attorney General of Montserrat, 2006;
  • Judge of the Grand Court, May 2008

MEMBERSHIPS

  • President of the Cayman Islands Law Society, 1999 – 2000, and again in 2006 – 2007;
  • Cayman Honorary Representative of the Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS), 2002 – 2012;
  • Member of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) and the Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association (CMJA);
  • Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the Cayman Islands Cricket Association