Bahamas Swears in Deborah Fraser as New Supreme Court Justice

By: - October 14th, 2014

Above: Deborah Fraser is sworn in (BIS Photo/Letisha Henderson)

By the Caribbean Journal staff

The Bahamas has sworn in Deborah Fraser as the country’s newest Supreme Court Justice.

Fraser was sworn in by Deputy to the Governor General Oswald Ingraham at Government House on Tuesday.

She had previously served as director of legal affairs at the Office of the Attorney General.

She has been a member of the Bahamas Bar since 1987.

The Supreme Court is the country’s court of first instance, followed by the Court of Appeal and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

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