Sir Richard William Ground, OBE (2 May 1949 – 22 February 2014)[1] was an English judge in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda.

Background

Ground was born in Stamford, England in 1949 and studied at Lincoln College, Oxford, Inns of Court School of Law.[2] He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1975. He was a media lawyer in London,[2] before going to the Cayman Islands to serve as Crown Counsel from 1983 to 1987 and then as Attorney General of the Cayman Islands from 1987 to 1992.[3]

He was Chief Justice of the Turks and Caicos Islands from 1998 to 2004, and Chief Justice of Bermuda from 2004 to 2012.[4][5][6] Ground retired as Chief Justice in 2012 and was succeeded by Ian Kawaley.[7]

He died on 22 February 2014 in Grindleford, Derbyshire,[1] survived by his widow, Dace McCoy Ground, whom he married in 1986.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b News24 "Former Chief Justice Sir Richard Ground dies", 23 February
  2. ^ a b c "Former Chief Justice Sir Richard Ground dies | the Royal Gazette:Bermuda News". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  3. ^ Press Release, judicial.ky. Accessed 18 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Bermuda in row over new judge". The Telegraph. 20 December 2003. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Press Release: New Justice for Court of Appeal" (PDF). The Cayman Islands Judicial Administration. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Former Chief Justice Sir Richard Ground dies". The Royal Gazette. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Bermuda-born Chief Justice takes the reins | the Royal Gazette: Bermuda News". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2014.

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