Phillip Bridges
Sir Philip Rodney Bridges CMG QC (1922-2007), was a British barrister and judge who ended a distinguished legal career as Chief Justice of The Gambia.
Biography
Born on 9 July 1922, Phillip Bridges was educated at Bedford School. During the Second World War he served as a Captain with the Royal Artillery, and with the Royal West African Frontier Force in West Africa, India and Burma, between 1941 and 1947. He joined the Colonial Legal Service and became a Barrister and Solicitor in the Supreme Court of The Gambia in 1954. He was Solicitor General of The Gambia, between 1963 and 1964, Attorney General of The Gambia, between 1964 and 1968, and Chief Justice of the Gambia, between 1968 and 1983.[1]
Sir Phillip Bridges was invested as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George on 10 June 1967.[2] He died on 26 December 2007.[3]
References
- ^ "Who's Who". Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/44332/supplement/6321/data.pdf
- ^ "Sir Phillip Bridges". Telegraph.co.uk. 2 April 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
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