Stanley Eugene Gomes
Sir Stanley Eugene Gomes was a Guyanese Judge who was Chief Justice of Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago.
He was appointed Attorney General of the Leeward Islands before August 1945.[1] He then served as Chief Justice of Barbados from 1957 to 1958 and Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago from 1958 to 1960.[2] He was knighted in 1959.[3]
In August 1961 he was appointed Chief Justice of the newly established West Indies Federation.[4] The Federation was dissolved in May 1962.
References
- ^ "No. 37238". The London Gazette. 24 August 1945. p. 4298.
- ^ "No. 41557". The London Gazette. 25 November 1958. p. 7215.
- ^ "No. 41589". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 November 1958. p. 2.
- ^ "Appointment of the Chief Justice of the Federation". The West Indies Gazette. Governor General. 14 August 1961. p. 93. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
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Preceded by Sir Ernest Allan Collymore | Chief Justice of Barbados 1957–58 | Succeeded by Sir Kenneth Sievewright Stoby |
Preceded by | Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago 1958–60 | Succeeded by Arthur Hugh McShine |
Preceded by New post | Chief Justice of the West Indies Federation 1961–62 | Succeeded by Post abolished |