(Clockwise L-R) Mac Webster Imrie QC, Alden McNee McLaughlin, Jr., MBE QC, Reshma Sharma QC, Rachael Reynolds QC, Colette Ann Wilkins QC
Five Cayman-based attorneys have been appointed to the distinguished rank of “Silks” – the informal term for Queen’s Counsel.
The legal documents formalising the appointments of the new Queen’s Counsel were signed by HE the Governor Martyn Roper on August 5 2021, on the recommendation of the Chief Justice Anthony Smellie.
The formal ceremony admitting the five new QCs to the Inner Bar of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, to be presided over by Chief Justice Smellie, sitting with other judges of the Grand Court, takes place today, Friday, September 3 2021.
The new Silks include, on the public side, Solicitor General and Chief Officer, Portfolio of Legal Affairs, Ms Reshma Sharma, and, from the private bar, Messrs Alden McNee McLaughlin, Jr, MBE, former Premier; and Mac Webster Imrie, consultant, Maples and Calder, along with Mmes. Rachael Reynolds, global senior partner, Ogier, and Colette Ann Wilkins, partner, Walkers.
To give perspective to the seniority that is the hallmark of these appointments, Chief Justice Smellie reminded that the term “taking silk” dates to 17th Century England when Queen’s Counsel first started wearing silk robes in court as a mark of distinction. The senior practitioners were instructed by junior lawyers (solicitors), typically in more difficult or complex cases, with work sometimes undertaken on the pro...
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