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Sir Stanley Eugene Gomes was a Guyanese Judge who was Chief Justice of
Barbados Barbados, officially the Republic of Barbados, is an island country in the Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies and the easternmost island of the Caribbean region. It lies on the boundary of the South American ...
and
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean, comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with several List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, smaller i ...
. He was appointed
Attorney General of the Leeward Islands The attorney general of the Leeward Islands was the chief law officer of the Leeward Islands. The British crown colony of the Leeward Islands, comprising Antigua, Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla, and (t ...
before August 1945. He then served as Chief Justice of Barbados from 1957 to 1958 and
Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago The chief justice of Trinidad and Tobago is the highest judge of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and presides over the Supreme Court of Judicature of Trinidad and Tobago. He is appointed by a common decision of the President, the prime ministe ...
from 1958 to 1960. He was knighted in 1959. In August 1961, he was appointed Chief Justice of the newly established
West Indies Federation The West Indies Federation, also known as the West Indies, the Federation of the West Indies or the West Indian Federation, was a short-lived political union that existed from 3 January 1958 to 31 May 1962. Various islands in the Caribbean th ...
. The Federation was dissolved in May 1962.


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