George Newman

Nationality: British QUALIFICATIONS BA (Hons), St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge, 1961 – 1964 Called to the Bar of England and Wales by Middle Temple, 1965 Appointed Queen’s Counsel, 1981 BAR, JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE Appointed Recorder of the Crown Court for England & Wales, 1982; Appointed Deputy High Court Judge, 1989; Elected a Bencher of the Middle Temple, 1989; Treasurer, Middle Temple, 2009; Practised primarily in London but also in Bermuda, Brunei, Fiji, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore; Extensive experience in constitutional and commercial cases; Constitutional Adviser to the Governor General of Fiji (1987) and to the President of Fiji (1987 – 1990); Formerly a Judge of the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court; Formerly non-resident Judge of the Court of Appeal in the Bahamas; Appointed as Surveillance Commissioner for England and Wales in January 2010; Appointed Justice of the Court of Appeal, Cayman Islands, 2013