HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC -Governor Rena Lalgie has appointed former director of public prosecutions Larry Mussenden, 60, as the brand new Chief Justice of this British Abroad Territory.
The previous legislator and former Bermuda Soccer Affiliation president succeeds Narinder Hargun, who retired in December. He’ll take up his new appointment on Thursday.
“I’m pleased to announce the appointment of Larry Mussenden as Bermuda’s subsequent Chief Justice. Mr Mussenden is a extremely regarded lawyer each inside Bermuda and internationally.
“He has over 27 years {of professional} authorized expertise in public service and personal apply, serving as Crown Counsel, Director of Public Prosecutions, Lawyer-Normal and Minister of Justice and most lately as a puisne decide,” Lalgie stated.
Justice Mussenden, a former legal protection lawyer with a background additionally in info know-how, was admitted as a barrister in England and Wales in 1995 and in Bermuda a 12 months later, having earned a regulation diploma on the College of Kent in Canterbury and having studied on the Inns of Court docket College of Legislation in London.
He served as a Crown counsel within the Lawyer-Normal’s Chambers in 1996 after which as a prosecutor within the DPP’s workplace.
He was appointed Lawyer-Normal, Minister of Justice, and Authorities Senate Chief within the Progressive Labour Occasion authorities in January 2004. He served as DPP from 2016 to 2020.
“I’m assured that his authorized experience and management expertise will serve the Supreme Court docket effectively, serving to to take care of the island’s standing as a authorized jurisdiction of the very best order,’ Governor Lalgie stated as she praised the scope of his background for the presiding function over Bermuda’s courts.
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