Philip Telford Georges

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Philip Telford Georges, OCC, DAH was Chief Justice of Tanzania from 1965 to 1971, and several other appellate positions.

He was born to John Henry Duport Georges and Milutine Cox and in Roseau, Dominica on January 5, 1923.^[1]

University of Toronto and Middle Temple, London. Honorary Doctor of Laws (Toronto, Dar es Salaam, West Indies).

1. Public defender, Trinidad Bar 1947
2. Judge, Trinidad Bench 1962–1965
3. Chief Justice, High Court of Tanzania, 1965–1971
4. Professor of Law, University of West Indies^[2] 1974–1981
5. Judge, Supreme Court of Zimbabwe, 1981–1983
6. Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Zimbabwe, 1983–1984
7. Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the Bahamas, 1984–1989
8. Judge, Court of Appeal, Cayman Islands since 1985
9. Judge, Court of Appeal, Seychelles since 1987
10. Judge, Court of Appeal, Bermuda since 1990

Justice Georges died on 13 January 2005. He was 82.

• "Georges celebrated". Chill News (4). University of the West Indies at Cave Hill: 7. July–September 2006.