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Stanley Eugene Gomes

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Sir Stanley Eugene Gomes was a Guyanese Judge who was Chief Justice of Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago.

He was appointed Attorney General of the Leeward Islands before August 1945.[1] He then served as Chief Justice of Barbados from 1957 to 1958 and Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago from 1958 to 1960.[2] He was knighted in 1959.[3]

In August 1961 he was appointed Chief Justice of the newly established West Indies Federation.[4] The Federation was dissolved in May 1962.

References

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  1. ^ "No. 37238". The London Gazette. 24 August 1945. p. 4298.
  2. ^ "No. 41557". The London Gazette. 25 November 1958. p. 7215.
  3. ^ "No. 41589". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 November 1958. p. 2.
  4. ^ "Appointment of the Chief Justice of the Federation". The West Indies Gazette. Governor General. 14 August 1961. p. 93. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
Legal offices
Preceded by Chief Justice of Barbados
1957–58
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago
1958–60
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Justice of the West Indies Federation
1961–62
Succeeded by