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Guyanese is latest female judge in Belize’s court

Mar 13, 2014 News

Belize – Senior Magistrate Shona Griffith, who has been an administrator and a sitting Magistrate in the Belmopan Court, is now a Sitting Justice of the Supreme Court.
Griffith, who has been an attorney for 15 years, and a Senior Magistrate in Belize for a little over two years, was sworn in this week before the Chief Justice, Kenneth Benjamin.
It is expected that Justice Griffith will serve the Judiciary in civil jurisdiction. She continues the trend of Guyan-ization of the judiciary in Belize where she becomes the fifth Guyanese appointed as a High Court judge.
She joins Justice of Appeal Minnet Hafiz-Bertram, Denis Hanomansingh, and Courtney Ashton Abel, and Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin, who is also the Chair of the Judicial and Legal Services Commission, which reviews candidates for such appointments.
Fellow Guyanese Judge, Oswell Legall, demitted office as Justice of the Supreme Court a few months ago.
Griffith holds a Master’s Degree in law from the University of London, and she’s also a graduate of the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad. It is expected that she will be able to assist the judiciary with the backlog of cases it is experiencing. 7newsbelize.com

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