Current Justices, Registrars, and Magistrates

Judiciary
The Bahamas

Officers of The Judiciary

Chief Justice

The Hon. Mr. Justice
Ian R. Winder

Position
Chief Justice
Court #
1 (Hansard Building)
Date of appt
August 3, 2022
Email
ian.winder@courts.gov.bs
Phone
1-242-322-7392/3

Supreme Court Justices

The Hon. Mr. Snr. Justice
Bernard S. A. Turner

Position
Senior Justice
Court #
7 (Annex 1 Ground Floor)
Date of appt
September 17, 2020
Email
bernard.turner@courts.gov.bs
Phone
1-242-397-1800

The Hon. Madam SNR. Justice
Indra Charles

Position
Senior Justice
Court #
10 (Annex 1 3rd floor)
Date of appt
April 1, 2022
Email
indra.charles@courts.gov.bs
Phone
1-242-397-1800

The Hon. Madam Justice
Deborah E. Fraser

Position
Justice
Court #
2 (Supreme Court Building Ground floor)
Date of appt
October 14, 2014
Email
deborah.fraser@courts.gov.bs
Phone
1-242-322-3315

The Hon. Madam Justice
Cheryl Grant-Thompson

Position
Justice
Court #
6 (Annex 1 Ground Floor)
Date of appt
May 1, 2016
Email
cheryl.grant-thompson@courts.gov.bs
Phone
1-242-328-2060

The Hon. Mr. Justice
G Gregory Hilton

Position
Justice
Court #
4 (Supreme Court Building)
Date of appt
November 1, 2016
Email
gregory.hilton@courts.gov.bs
Phone
1-242-397-1800

The Hon. Madam Justice
Petra Hanna-Adderley

Position
Justice (Northern Region)
Court #
2 (Garnet Levarity Justice Centre)
Date of appt
February 1, 2017
Email
petra.hanna-adderley@courts.gov.bs
Phone
1-242-351-4275

The Hon. Madam Justice
Guillimina Archer-Minns

Position
Justice
Court #
5 (Supreme Court Building 1st floor)
Date of appt
August 1, 2017
Email
guillamina.archerminns@courts.gov.bs
Phone
1-242-322-3315

The Hon. Madam Justice
Donna Newton

Position
Justice
Court #
12 (Annex 1 3rd floor)
Date of appt
February 1, 2018
Email
donna.newton@courts.gov.bs
Phone
1-242-397-1800

The Hon. Madam Justice
W Renae McKay

Position
Justice
Court #
17 (Annex 2)
Date of appt
February 1, 2018
Email
renae.mckay@courts.gov.bs
Phone
1-242-328-2060

The Hon. Madam Justice
G Diane Stewart

Position
Justice
Court #
9 (Annex 1 3rd floor)
Date of appt
October 2, 2018
Email
diane.stewart@courts.gov.bs
Phone
1-242-397-1800

The Hon. Mr. Justice
Loren Klein

Position
Justice
Court #
18 (Annex 2)
Date of appt
January 6, 2020
Email
loren.klein@courts.gov.bs
Phone
1-242-328-2060

The Hon. Madam Justice
J. Denise Lewis-Johnson

Position
Justice
Court #
8 (Annex I, 3rd Floor)
Date of appt
May 31, 2021
Email
denise.lewis-johnson@courts.gov.bs
Phone
1-242-397-1800

The Hon. Mr. Justice
Justice Andrew Forbes

Position
Justice (Northern Region)
Court #
1 (Garnet Levarity Justice Centre)
Date of appt
May 31, 2021
Email
andrew.forbes@courts.gov.bs
Phone
1-242-351-4275

The Hon. Madam Justice
Jeanine Weech-Gomez

Position
Justice
Court #
14 (Annex 2)
Date of appt
May 31, 2021
Email
jeanine.weech-gomez@courts.gov.bs
Phone
1-242-328-2060

The Hon. Mr. Justice
Neil Brathwaite

Position
Justice
Court #
15 (Annex 2)
Date of appt
June 14, 2021
Email
neil.brathwaite@courts.gov.bs
Phone
1-242-328-2060

The Hon. Madam Justice
Camille Darville-Gomez

Position
Justice
Court #
16 (Annex 2)
Date of appt
September 18, 2021
Email
camille.gomez@courts.gov.bs
Phone
1-242-328-2060

Supreme Court Registrars

Blatch

Position
Deputy Registrar (Northern Region)

Constance Delancy

Position
Registrar
Date of appt
September 9, 2021
Email
constance.delancy@courts.gov.bs
Phone
1-242-397-1800

Stephana Saunders

Position
Deputy Registrar (Northern Region)
Court #
Garnet Levarity Justice Centre
Date of appt
January 2, 2003
Email
stephana.saunders@courts.gov.bs
Phone
1-242-351-4275

Edmund Turner

Position
Deputy Registrar
Date of appt
January 1, 2018
Email
edmund.turner@courts.gov.bs
Phone
1-242-397-1800

Renaldo Toote

Position
Deputy Registrar
Date of appt
October 1, 2021
Email
renaldo.toote@courts.gov.bs
Phone
1-242-397-1800

Jennifer Stuart-Bastian

Position
Deputy Registrar
Date of appt
July 1, 2022
Email
jennifer.stuart-bastian@courts.gov.bs
Phone
1-242-397-1800

Stipendiary and Circuit Magistrates

Joyanne Ferguson-Pratt

Position
Chief Magistrate
Court #
9 (Magistrate Court Complex)
Date of appt
October 15, 2013
Phone
1-242-502-4000

Debbye Ferguson

Position
Deputy Chief Magistrate (Northern Region)
Court #
1 (Garnet Levarity Justice Centre)
Date of appt
February 1, 2016
Phone
1-242-502-4000

Subusola Lawanson-Swain

Position
Assistant Chief Magistrate
Court #
11 (Magistrate Court Complex)
Date of appt
August 1, 2017
Phone
1-242-502-4000

Carolyn Vogt-Evans

Position
Senior Magistrate
Court #
6 (Magistrate Court Complex)
Date of appt
February 1, 2017
Phone
1-242-502-4000

Derence Rolle Davis

Position
Senior Magistrate
Court #
5 (Magistrate Court Complex)
Date of appt
May 1, 2017
Phone
1-242-502-4000

Ancella Evans

Position
Senior Magistrate
Court #
Marsh Harbour, Abaco
Date of appt
September 1, 2021
Phone
1-242-699-0092

Kara Turnquest-Deveaux

Position
Magistrate
Court #
2 (Magistrate Court Complex)
Date of appt
October 17, 2011
Phone
1-242-502-4000

Charlton Smith

Position
Magistrate (Northern Region)
Court #
2 (Garnet Levarity Justice Centre)
Date of appt
September 13, 2013
Phone
1-242-351-4275

Samuel McKinney

Position
Magistrate
Court #
8 (Magistrate Court Complex)
Date of appt
February 3, 2014
Phone
1-242-502-4000

LaQuay Laing

Position
Magistrate (Northern Region)
Court #
Garnet Levarity Building
Date of appt
May 4, 2017
Phone
1-242-351-4275

Sandradee Gardiner

Position
Magistrate
Court #
3 (Magistrate Court Complex)
Date of appt
January 1, 2020
Phone
1-242-502-4000

Shaka Serville

Position
Magistrate
Court #
4 (Magistrate Court Complex)
Date of appt
June 14, 2021
Phone
1-242-502-4000

Algernon Allen, Jr.

Position
Magistrate
Court #
1 (Magistrate Court Complex)
Date of appt
June 14, 2021

Kendra Kelly

Position
Magistrate
Court #
10 (Magistrate Court Complex)
Date of appt
14 June 2021

Ian-Marie Darville-Miller

Position
Magistrate
Court #
14 (Magistrate Court Complex)
Date of appt
June 14, 2021

Simone Brown

Position
Magistrate (Northern Region)
Court #
4 (Eight Mile Rock) Garnet Levarity Justice Centre
Date of appt
July 5, 2021
Phone
1-242-351-4275

James Moxey

Position
Acting Magistrate
Court #
13 (Night Court - Magistrate Court Complex)
Date of appt
April 14, 2008
Phone
1-242-502-4000

Darron Ellis

Position
Acting Magistrate
Court #
12 (Night Court - Magistrate Court Complex)
Date of appt
July 1, 2016
Phone
1-242-502-4000

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