George Phillippo


PHILLIPO, George. Admitted to Inner Temple April 1859; Certificate of Honour First Class January 1862; called to the bar 1862; admitted to Jamaica Bar June 1862; practiced at Jamaica till February 1868; during that time professionally engaged before the Royal and Special Commissioners appointed in consequence of the serious disturbances there and of the measures of repression taken by the Government; detained in England for some months by the Jamaica Committee to give evidence as to the Laws of Jamaica in the various prosecutions instituted by that body; appointed Queen's Advocate Sierra Leone March 1868 and Acting Judge to the Court of Summary Jurisdiction during the absence on leave of Mr. Justice Huggins August 1868; appointed Attorney-General of British Columbia March 1870; appointed on a commission to collect, revise and publish a complete edition of the Laws of that Colony 1871; prepared the proclamation necessary for bringing the new Constitution of that Colony into operation under the Order-in-Council 1970 whereby Representative Institutions were to some extent conceded; nominated a non-elective Member of the Legislative Council under the new Constitution December 1870; prepared the address from the Legislature of British Columbia to Her Majesty for union with Canada, and prepared and passed through the Legislative Council, under the direction of the Government "The Constitution Act 1871." and the several other measures necessary to enable British Columbia to enter into confederation with Canada, with full representative institutions and under responsible government; Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of British Guiana May 1874; went to Gibralta on special service September 1873; appointed Acting Attorney-General and Judge of the Court of Requests Gibralta during the absence on leave of F. Solly Flood Est.; remained in Gibraltar after the return of Mr. Flood on special service from December 1873 to February 1874; appointed Junior Puisne Judge Straits Settlements December 1873 and Senior Puisne Judge Straits Settlements March 1874; Attorney-General Hong Kong August 1876.

References

Fairfield, Edward. 1879. The Colonial Office List for 1879. London: Harrison. p. 399.

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