Alden made QC after decade's absence from court - Cayman Islands Headline News - Cayman News Service

(CNS): Former premier Alden McLaughlin has some new letters to add to his name as he has been made Queen’s Counsel, along with four other Caymanian lawyers. McLaughlin is said to be returning to the bar after well over a decade’s absence from the courtroom. With his return to the legal stage as a ‘silk’, he will be required to do some pro bono work for people unable to afford representation, though the professional accolade will ensure that his fees for paying work will be worth his while. In addition to McLaughlin, Solicitor General Reshma Sharma has also become one of the country’s latest QCs.

They are joined by Mac Webster Imrie, a consultant with Maples and Calder; Rachael Reynolds, a global senior partner at Ogier; and Colette Ann Wilkins, a partner with Walkers.

It is four years since any attorneys in Cayman received ‘silk’ designation and no criminal prosecutors or defence attorneys have been elevated in this latest round of QC appointments.

In a press release from Judicial Administration, Chief Justice Anthony Smellie, who recommends the appointment to the governor, gave a detailed explanation of how the lawyers were selected and the need to balance these senior appointments.

And while Cayman already has a number of silks still practicing in financial and civil areas, with the exception of one QC who occasionally takes on criminal defence work, the courts are almost entirely dependent on senior lawyers from the UK to do the more serious criminal work.

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