Mr Leroy Smith > Higgs & Johnson > Lyford, Bahamas > Lawyer Profile
Higgs & Johnson Offices
Lyford Crescent, Western Road
LYFORD CAY
Bahamas
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Mr Leroy Smith
Work Department
Litigation and Private Client & Wealth Management
Position
Leroy is a Partner in the firm’s Litigation practice group in The Bahamas. He is a seasoned litigator and accredited mediator with an active practice strategically focused on complex trust and estate advice and litigation, and commercial law.
In his trust and estate practice, Leroy advises fiduciaries and private clients in all aspects of Bahamas trust law, with particular emphasis on the drafting and administration of Bahamian trusts.
His commercial practice involves a broad spectrum of substantive areas, including contentious and non-contentious commercial matters (claims for breach of contract, directors’ and shareholders’ disputes and asset-tracing and recovery matters), telecommunications law and maritime law. He also regularly represents local and international companies and insurers in relation to a range of personal injury, defamation and other tort-based claims.
Career
In 1998, Leroy obtained an LL.B. (Hons.) from the University of Southampton and was called to the Bar of England and Wales and to the Bahamas Bar. He subsequently earned an LL.M. in Corporate and Commercial Law from the University College of London. He joined Higgs & Johnson in 2000. In June 2006 he earned the Advanced Certificate in Company Law and Practice by STEP. In March 2012, he was accredited by the London School of Mediation as a Civil and Commercial Mediator.
Memberships
- The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
- Bahamas Bar Association
Education
- University College of London (LL.M.), London, England
- University of Southampton (LL.B.) (Hons), Southampton, England
Lawyer Rankings
Bahamas > Dispute resolution
(Leading individuals)Higgs & Johnson’s ‘great, innovative team’ is consistently active in the jurisdiction’s largest cases, acting for a variety of local and international clients at all court levels up to the Supreme Court. The practice is particularly well regarded for its expertise in cross-border litigation, banking and financial services claims, and insolvency and employment disputes; it also fields distinct teams for asset recovery work, trust litigation and tax cases, and is increasingly active in arbitration proceedings. Tara Archer-Glasgow leads the department and attracts effusive praise from clients, who single her out as ‘a smart litigation lawyer, who is punctual, concise and well organised, with a great personality’. Further key names in the practice include team deputy chair Karen Brown, who excels in employment law; senior partner Philip Dunkley KC and firm co-managing partner Oscar Johnson, Jr. KC; ‘great lawyer with great judgement’ Tara Cooper Burnside KC, who was appointed King’s Counsel in 2023; and Leroy Smith, who specialises in trust and estate litigation. Keith Major and Rhyan Elliott are the key names at senior associate level.