Judicial Administration

Justices of Appeal

Hon. Justice Martin R Taylor, Q.C. LLB

Justice of the Court of Appeal

  • Born 1931 in the United Kingdom; Canadian and United Kingdom citizen;
  • Engaged in Journalism in the UK and Canada, 1948 – 1963;
  • LLB; University of British Columbia, 1962;
  • Editor, U.B.C. Law Review, 1960 – 1962;
  • Allan Gregory Memorial Award for Advocacy, 1962;
  • Articled Clerk to C.W. Brazier, Q.C. 1962 – 1963;
  • Called to British Columbia Bar, 1963;
  • Founding Director, Law Courts Inn 1972 – 1975;
  • General Litigation, Practice, British Columbia, 1963 – 1978;
  • Director, Vancouver Bar Association 1976 – 1978;
  • Judge, Supreme Court of British Columbia 1978 – 1989;
  • Justice, British Columbia Court of Appeal and Yukon Court of Appeal 1989 – 1995;
  • President (now Emeritus), B.C. Law Court Education Society, 1989 – 1993;
  • Queens Counsel, 1996;
  • Law Society of B.C., Award for Exceptional Service, 1998;
  • Acting Judge of the Grand Court, Cayman Islands, 2000;
  • Justice, Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands, since 2001;

Hon. Justice Elliot, D. Mottley Q.C.

Justice of the Court of Appeal

  • Born 1939, Barbados;
  • Called to the Bar in England and Wales November 1961;
  • Admitted to the Bar in Barbados as Barrister, 1961;
  • Admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the West Indies Associated States (practicing in St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, British Virgin Islands, Grenada, Montserrat and Anguilla), 1967;
  • Member of Barbados Parliament (for the constituency of the City of Bridgetown for the Barbados Labour Party), 1969 – 1976;
  • Principal Representative of the Government of Barbados in New York, U.S.A. (Designation of Counsel General),1976;
  • Appointed Queen’s Counsel, 1980;
  • Admitted to practice at the Bar in Trinidad & Tobago, 1992;
  • Her Majesty’s Attorney General for the Island of Bermuda; acting as Deputy Governor on several occasions; 1995 – 1998;
  • Appointed non-resident Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal, Belize, 1999;
  • Chairman, Disciplinary Committee of the Barbados Bar Association, 1999 – 2000;
  • Appointed non-resident Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal Turks & Caicos Islands 2002;
  • Acted as Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of Barbados, 2002;
  • Admitted to practice at the Bar in Antigua and Barbuda, 2003;
  • Appointed President of the Court of Appeal, Belize, 2004;
  • Appointed Justice of the Court Appeal, the Cayman Islands 2005 to present.

Hon. Ian Xavier Forte, Q.C., O.J., C.D.

Justice of the Court of Appeal

  • Born 1936, Jamaica
  • Called to the Bar Lincoln’s Inn, London, February 1960;
  • Crown Counsel, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Jamaica, 1963-1968;
  • Resident Magistrate, Jamaica; 1968-1977
  • Acting Grand Court Judge for six months, Cayman Islands, 1969;
  • Distinguished President, Kiwanis Club of North St. Andrew; 1978;
  • Awarded National Honours – Commander of Distinction (C.D.), 1979;
  • Admitted to the Inner Bar (Queen’s Counsel), 1981;
  • Director of Public Prosecutions, responsible for all criminal prosecutions throughout the island of Jamaica; with administrative responsibility for the running of the office; Appearing on many occasions in her Majesty’s Privy Council; 1977-1987;
  • Appointed Judge of Appeal, Jamaica, 1988;
  • Honoured by St. George’s College Old Boys’ Association – Award of Excellence, 1998;
  • President, Court of Appeal, Jamaica, with responsibility for the administration and management of the Court, September 1999 to 2005;
  • Legion of Honour and Life Member, Kiwanis International, 1999;
  • Awarded National Honours – Order of Jamaica (O.J.), 2000;
  • Admitted to the Hall of Fame – St. Georges College, 2003;
  • Justice of Appeal, Cayman Islands, July 2004 to present;
  • Honoured by the Jamaica Bar Association, 2006;
  • Former President Big Brothers of Jamaica;
  • Former President Kiwanis Club of North St. Andrew;
  • Former President – St. Georges College Past Students’ Association;
  • Former President Stella Maris Church Council;
  • Former Vice Chairman St. George’s College School Board;
  • Usher – Stella Maris Church;
  • Chairman – Steering Committee – UNDP’s;
  • “Civil Dialogue For Democratic Governance”;
  • Chairman – Kiwanis Foundation’s “Discipline and Courtesy” Campaign.