Portfolio Of Legal Affairs

First Legislative Counsel

Myrtle BrandtB.A. (Univ. of Mba.);
LL.B. (U.W.I.); Cert. of Legal Educ. (C.L.E.)

  • B.A. (University of Manitoba) (double major in English and Latin), 1970;
  • LL.B. (U.W.I.), 1973;
  • Cert. of Legal Educ. (C.L.E.), 1975;
  • State Counsel/Police Legal Adviser, Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Guyana, 1975-1977;
  • Parliamentary Counsel, Attorney General’s Chambers, Guyana, 1977-1979;
  • Parliamentary Counsel, Attorney General’s Chambers, Barbados, 1979-1980;
  • Law Reform Draftsman, Law Reform Commission, Trinidad and Tobago, 1980-1986;
  • Legal Draftsman/Principal Legal Draftsman, The Bahamas, 1986-1997;
  • Regional Law Reform Draftsman, Department for International Development (the Turks and Caicos Islands, Anguilla, Montserrat), 1997-1999;
  • First Legislative Counsel, Legislative Drafting Department of the Cayman Islands, 1999 to present.