Judicial Administration

President - Court of Appeal

Rt. Honourable Edward Zacca O.J. P.C.

President of the Court of Appeal

  • Born 1931, Jamaica; Naturalized British citizen (Caymanian Status);
  • Called to the Bar England and Wales (Middle Temple) 1954;
  • Private Practice, Jamaica, 1954 – 1958;
  • Clerk of Courts, Jamaica, 1958;
  • Resident Magistrate, Jamaica, 1960;
  • Puisne Judge Jamaica, 1968;
  • Justice of Appeal, Jamaica, 1975;
  • President of the Court of Appeal, Jamaica, 1981;
  • Chief Justice, Jamaica, 1985–1996;
  • Awarded Order of Jamaica in 1985;
  • Called to the Bench, Middle Temple London, January 1991;
  • Acted as Governor-General, Jamaica April 1991 – July 1991;
  • Appointed to the Judicial Committee of the United Kingdom Privy Council, Sept. 1, 1996;
  • President Cayman Islands Court of Appeal,1984 to present;
  • Justice of Appeal, the President of Bermuda Court of Appeal, 1997 and continuing;
  • Justice of Appeal, Bahamas Court of Appeal, 1996 – 2000;
  • President, Bahamas Court of Appeal, April 2000 – July 2001;
  • President Turks & Caicos Islands Court of Appeal 2002 and continuing;
  • Patron: Heart Foundation of Jamaica.