| 词条 | Joan Sawyer |
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Dame Joan Augusta Sawyer, DBE, PC (born 26 November 1940) is a Bahamian judge. She was Chief Justice of the Bahamas from 1996 to 2001 and President of the Court of Appeal of the Bahamas from 2001 to 2010. She was the first woman to ever serve in those two positions. CareerAs a member of the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn Sawyer was called to the English Bar on 19 July 1973 and to the Bahamas Bar two months later. Her career began in 1958 as a clerk-trainee at what is now the Ministry of Public Works. She was named a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Bahamas on 6 May 1988, and served in that position until 30 June 1995. She returned to the bench on 1 November 1996 as Chief Justice, where she sat until 26 November 2001.[1] She then became President of the Court of Appeal; she retired from that position on 26 November 2010, her 70th birthday, and was succeeded by Anita Allen, the second woman to hold the job.[2][3] She is also a member of the Indian Council of Jurists.[4] Personal life and education{{BLP unsourced section|date=April 2016}}Sawyer was born in George Town, Exuma, The Bahamas. She received her early education at the George Town Public School, Government High School, Aquinas College and the Government High School Evening Institute. She did her LL.B. at the University of London, and then went on to The College of Law in 1970. She was married to the late Geoffrey Sawyer; they had one son, Samuel Anthony Sawyer. References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.courts.gov.bs/cms/wp-content/uploads/supremecourt_formerjustices.pdf |title=Former Justices of the Supreme Court |publisher=Supreme Court of the Bahamas |accessdate=7 July 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101073017/http://www.courts.gov.bs/cms/wp-content/uploads/supremecourt_formerjustices.pdf |archivedate= 1 January 2015 |df= }} {{s-start}}{{s-legal}}{{succession box|title=Chief Justice of the Bahamas|before=Cyril S. S. Fountain|after=Burton P. C. Hall|years=1996–2001}}{{succession box|title=President of the Court of Appeal of the Bahamas|before=Edward Zacca|after=Anita Allen|years=2001–2010}}{{s-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Sawyer, Joan}}2. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.bahamaslocal.com/newsitem/9743/Madam_President_Dame_Joan_Sawyer_to_retire_as_President_of_the_Court_of_Appeal.html|title=Madam President Dame Joan Sawyer to retire as President of the Court of Appeal|work=Bahamas Local|date=18 November 2010|accessdate=10 July 2012}} 3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/bis-news-updates/Justice_Anita_Allen_Sworn_in_as_President_of_Court_of_Appeal13469.shtml|first=Betty|last=Vedrine|title=Justice Anita Allen Sworn in as President of Court of Appeal|work=The Bahamas Weekly|date=30 November 2010|accessdate=9 July 2012}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.indianjurists.org/Judges.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726174422/http://www.indianjurists.org/Judges.html|archivedate=26 July 2011|title=List of Judges|publisher=Indian Council of Jurists|accessdate=10 July 2012}} 13 : 1940 births|Alumni of the University of London|Bahamian lawyers|Chief Justices of the Bahamas|Presidents of the Court of Appeal of the Bahamas|Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire|Living people|Women judges|Bahamian Anglicans|People from Exuma|Women chief justices|Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom|20th-century Bahamian lawyers |
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