Vanessa Allard

Appointed since 2021 BIOGRAPHY Magistrate Allard has considerable experience in Cayman Islands, appearing in the civil and criminal courts of these islands, as well as being a senior member of the Family Law Bar, and has been a part of the Cayman legal community since 2002. She also served as a member of the FIFA Ethics Committee for four years from 2013 to 2017. She has served the Cayman community in various volunteer roles in various civic groups over the years, since her arrival from her native Trinidad and Tobago. Magistrate Allard sits in the criminal, civil, traffic, specialist domestic violence, family and maintenance courts of the Summary Court. QUALIFICATIONS LL.B ( Hons), University of the West Indies LEC, Norman Manley Law School MBA, University of Liverpool BAR, JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE Admitted to the Bar, Kingston, Jamaica, 1999; Associate Attorney, Vaccianna & Whitingham, Attorneys, Kingston, Jamaica, 1999 – 2002; Partner, Vaccianna and Whittingham, Attorneys, Kingston, Jamaica, 2003 – 2005; Admitted to the Bar, Cayman Islands, 2002; Associate Attorney, Brooks & Brooks, Attorneys, Grand Cayman, 2002 – 2003 and 2005 – 2021; Appointed as an Acting Magistrate of the Summary Court, June 2020; Appointed as Magistrate of the Summary Court, July 2021.