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PAID ADVERTISEMENT: John E. I. Carrington appointed Queen’s Counsel; joins SABALS LAW as Partner

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ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Partners, Management and Staff of Sabals Law would like to extend congratulations to Mr. John Carrington on his elevation to the rank of Queen’s Counsel. His appointment took effect on 18 March 2013 when he received his Letters Patent from His Excellency Governor McCleary.

John was admitted to the Inner Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court at a special sitting held at the High Court in Road Town on Friday 12 April 2013.

John is a native of Trinidad and Tobago who has practiced law for 30 years, his last 16 years of practice being at the Bar in the Virgin Islands.

John practices generally as an advocate before the High Court, the Court of Appeal and has appeared before the Privy Council in civil and commercial matters. He has had conduct of matters in several islands of the Eastern Caribbean and as far as Turks and Caicos Islands. He has advised and prepared written briefs for Privy Council matters and has provided expert evidence on BVI law in proceedings in foreign courts. He has also served as an Acting Justice of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. In his address to the High Court in support of John’s admission to the Inner Bar, Sydney Bennett QC pointed out that John has been counsel in two landmark cases in recent times: the Black Swan case in the BVI High Court where he persuaded the court that it had jurisdiction to make certain orders to prevent the dealing with assets in a way that could frustrate a future foreign judgment and the Judges Pension case where he acted for the High Court judges of the entire Eastern Caribbean region on questions regarding the interpretation of legislation governing their pension rights.

John has recently joined Sabals Law as a partner and is now part of the legal team comprising Sydney A Bennett QC, Senior Partner, Anthea L Smith, Managing Partner and Corine N George, Associate. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the legal field to the service of Sabals’ clients in the BVI, the wider Caribbean and beyond.

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