Hon. Mr. Justice Bryan Sykes OJ CD

Hon. Mr. Justice Bryan Sykes OJ CD

Chief Justice

The Honourable Mr Justice Bryan Sykes OJ CD, is the eighth Chief Justice of Jamaica since Jamaica gained independence in 1962. A product of St George’s College, Titchfield High School, The University of the West Indies (1984) and the Norman Manley Law School (1986), the Honourable Mr Justice Sykes entered Jamaica’s public service in October 1986. He held the office of Clerk of Court in the then Resident Magistrates’ Court (now Parish Courts) before joining the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in 1988. While there, he rose through the ranks to become Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions and acted as Director of Public Prosecutions on two occasions. Thereafter, he began acting as Judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Jamaica in 2002 and was confirmed in 2005. In February 2018, he was appointed to act as Chief Justice and subsequently confirmed in March 2018.

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Ocean Coral Spring Resort Mountain Spring Bay, Falmouth, Trelawny

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