Denis Malone Explained

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, serving until 1977 when he was replaced by Albert Staine, 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, and they had no children. His father had been Chief Justice of the Leeward islands and he had two brothers.

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Distinguished Old Wycliffians. Wycliffe College. 2012-07-07.
2. Royal Air Force: Appointment to Commission. Second Supplement to the London Gazette. 1945-07-13. 2012-07-07. 37179.
3. Colonial Office. London Gazette. 1961-02-24. 2012-07-07. 42287.
4. Web site: Chief Justices of Belize, 1843 to 2000. Attorney General of Belize. 2012-04-19. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120204121958/http://www.belizelaw.org/supreme_court/justices.html. 2012-02-04.
5. Chief Justice of Belize. West Indian Law Journal. 1977. 17. 2012-04-20.
6. Honours and Awards: Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood. The London Gazette. 1978-08-04. 2012-07-07. 47607.
7. Web site: Former Justices of the Supreme Court . Supreme Court of the Bahamas . 2012-07-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150101073017/http://www.courts.gov.bs/cms/wp-content/uploads/supremecourt_formerjustices.pdf . 2015-01-01 .
8. News: Regional News. The Jamaica Gleaner. 1991-01-05. 2012-07-07.
9. News: Alberga called Father of the Bar; Ramon Alberga's portrait joins gallery of judges. 2010-01-17. 2012-07-07.
10. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007