Philip Telford Georges
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Philip Telford Georges, OCC, DAH was Chief Justice of Tanzania from 1965 to 1971, and several other appellate positions.
He was born to John Henry Duport Georges and Milutine Cox and in Roseau, Dominica on January 5, 1923.[1]
Education
[edit]University of Toronto and Middle Temple, London. Honorary Doctor of Laws (Toronto, Dar es Salaam, West Indies).
Career
[edit]- Public defender, Trinidad Bar 1947
- Judge, Trinidad Bench 1962–1965
- Chief Justice, High Court of Tanzania, 1965–1971
- Professor of Law, University of West Indies[2] 1974–1981
- Judge, Supreme Court of Zimbabwe, 1981–1983
- Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Zimbabwe, 1983–1984
- Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the Bahamas, 1984–1989
- Judge, Court of Appeal, Cayman Islands since 1985
- Judge, Court of Appeal, Seychelles since 1987
- Judge, Court of Appeal, Bermuda since 1990
Death
[edit]Justice Georges died on 13 January 2005. He was 82.
References
[edit]- ^ Georges, Joyce Cole. "DAAS Honors HON. CHIEF JUSTICE PHILIP TELFORD GEORGES, OCC, DAH". Dominican Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "Justice P. Telford Georges - CARICOM". 21 May 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-05-21.
Further reading
[edit]- "Georges celebrated". Chill News (4). University of the West Indies at Cave Hill: 7. July–September 2006.
Categories:
- Dominica judges
- 1923 births
- 2005 deaths
- Dominica expatriates in Canada
- Dominica expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Dominica expatriates
- Expatriates in Tanzania
- Recipients of the Order of the Caribbean Community
- Dominica judges on the courts of Bermuda
- Chief justices of Zimbabwe
- Chief justices of the Bahamas
- Chief justices of Tanzania