16 Facts About Margaret Ramsay-Hale

Margaret Ramsay-Hale is currently serving as a justice of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, a position that she has held since 13 January 2020.

Margaret Ramsay-Hale is the daughter of Ian Ramsay, the first Jamaican lawyer to be appointed as a Queen's Counsel, and Rosa Ramsay.

Margaret Ramsay-Hale received a bachelors of science degree in economics from the London School of Economics in 1981.

Margaret Ramsay-Hale began studying law at the University of the West Indies in September 1986 and attended the Norman Manley Law School.

Margaret Ramsay-Hale was called to the bar in October 1991 and began her career practicing privately in the chambers of Howard Hamilton QC.

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Margaret Ramsay-Hale was appointed as a crown council in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in January 1994.

Margaret Ramsay-Hale was a family court judge in St James, Jamaica, and a magistrate in the parish's criminal courts.

Margaret Ramsay-Hale moved to the Cayman Islands in September 1998, where she served as a magistrate in the Summary Court for ten years and as chief magistrate for three years.

Margaret Ramsay-Hale was an acting judge for the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands in 2006 and was an appointed member of the Cayman Islands Panel of Acting Grand Court Judges in 2013.

Margaret Ramsay-Hale was appointed by Governor Ric Todd as a puisne judge for the Supreme Court of the Turks and Caicos Islands on 1 November 2011, becoming the first woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court.

Margaret Ramsay-Hale was promoted to chief justice by Governor Peter Beckingham, following consultation by the Judicial Service Commission, on 19 June 2014.

Margaret Ramsay-Hale was the first female chief justice of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Margaret Ramsay-Hale served as the presiding judge for the civil and commercial divisions and worked in the criminal and matrimonial and family divisions.

Margaret Ramsay-Hale was re-appointed for a further three-year term on 10 October 2017 by Governor John Freeman.

Margaret Ramsay-Hale officially resigned the position on 10 January 2020.

Margaret Ramsay-Hale was appointed a judge of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands by Governor Martyn Roper, which became effective on 13 January 2020.