Dia Forrester Explained

Dia C. Forrester is a Grenadian lawyer who served as Grenada's first woman to be appointed attorney general. Her tenure was from 1 January 2021 until 1 July 2022, following the 2022 general election. She is now the head of Forrester Legal Chambers a full service commercial and civil law firm - https://forresterlc.com/about-us/.

Early life and education

Forrester is the daughter of cultural activist Don Charles and Agnes Forrester. She has a Bachelor of Laws with Honours from the University of the West Indies Cave Hill, a Legal Education Certificate of Merit from Hugh Wooding Law School and a Master of Laws in International Banking and Finance law from University College London. She was also a national table tennis player and OECS table tennis team champion.

Career

Forrester has been a member of the Grenada bar since 2008, and the Saint Kitts and Nevis and Anguilla bar since 2013, practicing in banking and finance law, commercial and civil litigation, taxation, insolvency and intellectual properly law. She has served on the Grenada National Anti-doping Organisation and the Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping Organisation. She was a partner at the law firm Daniel Brantley.[1] In March 2020, she was named as a defendant in an alleged corruption and breach of confidentiality lawsuit filed in Colorado against St Kitts and Nevis Foreign Affairs Minister Mark Brantley by America 2030 Capital Limited.[2] [3] The suit was dismissed on 7 May 2020.[4]

Forrester was Solicitor General of Grenada from April 2019 until December 2020, representing the government in negotiations and before courts.[5] [6] In August 2020, she participated in the inaugural Women in Politics Leadership Institute at the US Embassy in Barbados.[7]

Forrester was appointed attorney general by Prime Minister Keith Mitchell on 31 December 2020, to commence on 1 January 2021, replacing Darsham Ramdhani who stepped down to serve as a judge. Forrester became the first woman to hold the post.[8] [9] She served as a High Court Judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in the territory of Antigua and Barbuda in January and February 2023.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ms. Dia C. Forrester. HG Legal Resources.
  2. Web site: Multiple charges filed in a United States Court against St Kitts-Nevis Foreign Affairs Minister Mark Brantley.. KSN Web News. 12 March 2020. 1 January 2021.
  3. Web site: A US Company Is Suing The Foreign Affairs Minister Of St. Kitts And The Premier Of Nevis. News Americas. 9 March 2020. 1 January 2021.
  4. Web site: America 2030 Capital Limited v. BRANTLEY et al (1:20-cv-00551), Colorado District Court.
  5. Web site: Dia Forrester appointed as Grenada's new Attorney General. The New Today. 31 December 2020. 1 January 2021.
  6. Web site: New Solicitor General appointed. Now Grenada. 10 April 2019. 1 January 2021. Linda. Straker.
  7. Web site: 2 Antiguans among 27 young women to graduate from U.S. Embassy's Women in Politics Leadership Institute. 31 August 2020. 1 January 2021. Antigua News Room.
  8. Web site: Grenada Appoints First Female Attorney General. Caribbean National Weekly. 31 December 2020. 1 January 2021.
  9. Web site: Dia Forrester appointed Grenada's first woman Attorney General. Now Grenada. Linda. Strake. 31 December 2020. 1 January 2021.