George Moe

George Cecil Rawle Moe CHB (12 March 1932 – 16 August 2004) was a Barbadian judge and politician.[1]

Career

Moe began his legal career in his native Barbados, where his positions including Magistrate, Acting Assistant Legal Draughtsman, and Crown Counsel and Senior Crown Counsel in the Attorney General's Chambers.[1] In the early 1970s he served as Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations, and then went on to serve as Attorney General, Minister of Legal Affairs, and Minister of External Affairs under Errol Barrow. His career then took him out of his native country to Belize, where he served as Chief Justice from 1982 to 1985.[2] He was the second Barbadian to hold that post, after Erskine Ward from 1955 to 1957. Following that, he joined the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court on 1 September 1985, where he sat until his retirement on 31 October 1991.[1]

Personal life

Moe did his secondary education at Harrison College, and went on to earn an M.A. at Oxford University and a L.L.M at Columbia University. He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1960.[1] He was named a Companion of Honour of Barbados in 1992.[1] He died in Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Bridgetown at the age of 72 after a lengthy illness, and was given a state funeral at the Christ Church Parish Church.[1][3] He was survived by his wife Olga and his children Stephen and Lucille.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "In Remembrance". Newsletter of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court 5 (8/9): 14–15. August–September 2004.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Former Chief Justice dies in Barbados". News 5 Belize. 2004-08-19. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
  3. ↑ "Barbados: Late eminent jurist to be given official funeral". BBC Monitoring International Reports. 2004-08-20. Retrieved 2012-04-20.

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Legal offices
Preceded by
Albert Staine		 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Belize
1982–1985 		Succeeded by
George Brown (acting)