The Cayman Islands Welcomes Three To The Bench

The Cayman Islands will shortly welcome three leading judges to the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal. Sir Bernard Rix, Sir George Newman and John Martin, QC have been appointed by the Governor of the Cayman Islands to the appeal bench, following a recruitment process conducted by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission.  All three are well respected and distinguished experts of the highest calibre.

Sir Bernard Rix recently retired from his position as Lord Justice of Appeal of England and Wales. He has decades of experience on the bench and is a professor of international commercial law at Queen Mary University in London. Sir George Newman was formerly a High Court judge in London, where he continues to sit in the Queen's Bench Division as a deputy judge, and has served as a justice of the Court of Appeal in the Bahamas. John Martin, QC sits as a judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey, and has acted as a deputy High Court judge in the Chancery Division