Denis Malone

Sir Denis Eustace Gilbert Malone (24 November 1922 – 2000) was a British jurist in the Caribbean.

He graduated from Wycliffe College in 1941.[1] He was commissioned a flight sergeant in the Royal Air Force on 15 May 1945.[2] He served as Solicitor-General of Barbados, and then in February 1961 was appointed a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of British Honduras (today Belize).[3] He rose to Chief Justice of Belize in 1974 until his replacement in 1977 by Albert Staine, who became the first native of Belize to hold that position.[4][5] He was knighted in the 1977 Silver Jubilee and Birthday Honours.[6]

He went on to serve on the Supreme Court of the Bahamas as a Justice from May 1979 to September 1983, Acting Chief Justice from September to December 1983, and Senior Justice from January 1984 to November 1989.[7] Afterwards, he became Chief Justice of the Cayman Islands; in 1991, he called for more court facilities to handle the rising backlog of civil and criminal cases.[8][9]

He was married to Diana. They had no children. Sir Denis father had been Chief Justice of the Leeward islands. He had two brothers.

He died in Poole, Dorset, in 2000.[10]

References
  1. "Distinguished Old Wycliffians". Wycliffe College. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  2. "Royal Air Force: Appointment to Commission". Second Supplement to the London Gazette (37179). 1945-07-13. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  3. "Colonial Office". London Gazette (42287). 1961-02-24. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  4. "Chief Justices of Belize, 1843 to 2000". Attorney General of Belize. Archived from the original on 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
  5. "Chief Justice of Belize". West Indian Law Journal: 17. 1977. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
  6. "Honours and Awards: Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood". The London Gazette (47607). 1978-08-04. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  7. "Former Justices of the Supreme Court" (PDF). Supreme Court of the Bahamas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  8. "Regional News". The Jamaica Gleaner. 1991-01-05. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  9. "Alberga called Father of the Bar; Ramon Alberga's portrait joins gallery of judges". 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  10. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007


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