Ivor Archie
Ivor Archie | |
|---|---|
 Archie in 2019 | |
| 8th Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Assumed office 22 November 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Kamla Persad-Bissessar Keith Rowley |
| Preceded by | Satnarine Sharma |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ivor Ainsworth Archie 18 August 1960 Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Spouse | Denise Rodriguez‑Archie |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of the West Indies, St.Augustine |
| Occupation | Chief Justice |
| Awards | Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (2013) |
Ivor Archie ORTT (born 18 August 1960) is a Trinidadian Jurist who has served as Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago since 2008. He was formerly Solicitor general of the Cayman Islands from 1995 until his return to Trinidad in 1998.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Personal life
[edit]He was born on 18 August 1960, in Tobago. He attended Scarborough Anglican Boys’ School, Bishop’s High School, and St Mary’s College.[1]
He is married to Denise Rodriguez-Archie and they have two children, Chinyere and Sean.[2]
Career
[edit]He graduated with a BSc in Mechanical Engineering (upper second class honours) from the University of the West Indies in 1980. He worked as an engineer at Trintoplan Consultants Limited in Trinidad and at Schlumberger in Libya.[1]
Archie then studied law at the Solent University in Southampton, England, receiving his LLB in 1984. He received his Legal Education Certificate at Hugh Wooding Law School in St Augustine.[1] He was admitted to the Bar of Trinidad and Tobago in 1986.[2] Archie worked initially for Clarke and Company.[1] He then served as State Counsel and Senior Crown Counsel for the governments of Trinidad and Tobago, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Cayman Islands. He was Solicitor General of the Cayman Islands and acted on occasion as the Attorney General.[1]
On 1 March 1998, he was appointed a puisine judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature. He became a Justice of Appeal on 2 April 2004, and chief justice on 24 January 2008. He is the eighth chief justice of Trinidad and Tobago and the youngest person to have taken the role. He is Chairman of the Judicial and Legal Services Commission, President of the Trinidad and Tobago Judicial Education Institute, and a fellow of the Board of the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute.[1] In 2013, he received the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.[2]
In 2018, he lost a legal battle to prevent the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) from investigating allegations over his "close ties" to Dillian Johnson, a gay man[7] and convicted felon who fled Trinidad after surviving an attempted shooting.[8] LATT conducted its investigation and voted to report Archie to the Prime Minister, who has sole authority in Trinidad and Tobago for recommending discipline and removal of judges. Prime Minster Keith Rowley declined to pursue impeachment, saying that he had been advised there was a "lack of evidence".[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "The Judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago : About the Judiciary : The Chief Justice". Ttlawcourts.org. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Middle Temple". Middletemple.org.uk. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ "A favour for CJ's friend?". Trinidadexpress.com. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ "Invasion of privacy". The Trinidad Guardian Newspaper. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Judge writes judges on CJ Archie - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday". Newsday.co.tt. 18 November 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ Booth, Robert (28 February 2018). "Questions over shooting of gay man with links to Trinidad judge". The Guardian.
- ^ Bowcott, Owen; correspondent, Owen Bowcott Legal affairs (16 August 2018). "Trinidad judge loses bid to halt legal inquiry into his private life". The Guardian.
{{cite news}}:|last2=has generic name (help) - ^ Loutoo, Jada (25 July 2023). "Law Association drops pursuit of legal costs in case against Chief Justice". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.
External links
[edit]- "Mr. Justice Ivor Archie". YouTube. 19 April 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- Living people
- 20th-century Trinidad and Tobago judges
- University of the West Indies alumni
- Trinidad and Tobago engineers
- Schlumberger people
- Alumni of Southampton Solent University
- Chief justices of Trinidad and Tobago
- People educated at Saint Mary's College, Trinidad and Tobago
- 1960 births
- Solicitors-general of the Cayman Islands
- 21st-century Trinidad and Tobago judges
- Recipients of the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago