Attorney General of Anguilla

The Attorney General's Chambers of Anguilla is responsible for the following:^[1]

• Legal Adviser to the Government, Departments, Statutory Boards and Corporations
• Prosecute criminal cases on behalf of the Crown
• Represent the Government in civil actions by and against the Crown
• Advise the Royal Anguilla Police Force regarding investigations and prosecutions
• Draft legislation
• Law revision
• Law reform

Anguilla seceded from Saint Kitts and Nevis and became a British Crown colony in December 1980. Before then, the Attorney General was identified as representing "St. Christopher [Kitts], Nevis and Anguilla."^[2][3] Even by the time Anguilla passed a new constitution in 1982, certain records still showed the same title for the Attorney General.

List of attorneys general (Post-1980 upon becoming a territory)

• Fitzroy Bryant^[4] (1979) [referred to as the Attorney General of St. Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla]
• Tapley Seaton (1980-1982)^[5][6] [referred to as the Attorney General of St. Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla]
• Alan Hoole^[7] (1983-1985)
• Howard Morrison (1988-1989)
• Alan Hoole^[7] (1989-1990)
• Kurt de Freitas^[8][9] (1991-1992)
• Patrick Patterson^[10] (1993-1994)
• Kurt de Freitas^[11] (1995-1996)
• Ronald Scipio^[12][13] (1997-2006)
• Wilhelm Bourne^[14] (2006-2010)
• James Wood^[15] (2011-2014)*
• Rupert Jones^[16] (2014-2016)
• John McKendrick^[17] (2016-2018)*
• Dwight Horsford (2018-present)

*Ivor Greene was the Acting Attorney General during 2013 and 2017.^[18][19]

See also

• Justice ministry
• Politics of Anguilla