Prominent Jurist Ephraim Francis Georges who served as a judge in several countries died yesterday3/16/2018 Prominent Jurist Ephraim Francis Georges who served as a judge in several countries, in and out of the Caribbean, reportedly died yesterday Thursday 15th March 2918. He was the brother of the late Justice Telford Georges.
He was called to the bar of England and Wales at the Inner Temple in London in 1965, where he served as a legal officer at Friends Provident in London from 1966 until 1971, after which he returned to Dominica and become the Registrar for the Courts. He was appointed as a magistrate in 1974 and served in that capacity until 1976. Justice Ephraim Francis Georges eventually became Chief Magistrate of Dominica. In 1976, he was appointed as a magistrate in Barbados. In 1981, Justice Georges became the First Registrar of Titles in Barbados. He served as a magistrate in Bermuda from 1984 to 1988. However, for three months in 1987, he was an Acting Justice on the Supreme Court of Bermuda. He also held another position in an international court in 1988 and 1989, as a justice of the Supreme Court of Seychelles. He returned to the region and was appointed as a High Court Judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in 1991, by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission of the Caribbean Community. Justice Georges served on the court until 2003, including two years as an Acting Appeals Court Judge. He has also served as a High Court Judge in Tortola, British Virgin Islands from 1994 until 1998. Justice Georges retired from the Court in 2003. He was then appointed to be an Acting High Court Judge in 2008, assigned to reside in, and hear cases from Saint Lucia.
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