Barry Leon is a former Commercial Court Judge of the

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based in the

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. He was appointed in 2015 to succeed

Edward Bannister Edward Alexander Bannister CMG KC (born 12 August 1942) is the former Commercial Court Judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court based in the British Virgin Islands. He was appointed in 2009, and was the first ever person to hold the post. ...

, QC upon his retirement. He was the first ever Canadian to hold the post. Prior to his appointment he was a

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practising in Canada where he was a partner and head of the international arbitration group at Perley-Robertson, Hill and McDougall. Since retiring as a judge in 2018 Mr Leon has practised as an arbitrator and mediator.

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