Mr. Bryson
Mrs. Kentish-Egan and Registrar Ms. Vernetta Richardson
A 32-year-old Anguillian Crown Prosecutor, of exemplary qualities and possessing a set of impressive legal qualifications, was called to the Anguilla Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 23. He was admitted by Madam Justice Cheryl Mathurin.
He is Mr. Maurice Isidore Bryson, son of Mr. James (Dun) Sasso and Mrs. Elsa Bryson-Sasso of The Farrington. A Constable in the Royal Anguilla Police Force for over eleven years, he obtained an A-Level Law Certificate in Anguilla before furthering his studies in the United Kingdom.
In July 2012 he graduated from the University of Nottingham Trent with a Bachelor of Laws degree(Second Class Honours). He also attended the University of Law, London, where he completed the Bar Professional Training Course and graduated with a Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Bar Studies in July 2014. He was admitted to the English Bar of England and Wales at the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn as a Barrister-at-Law on October 9, 2014.
Mr. Bryson completed six months of pupillage at the Attorney General’s Chambers in Anguilla and is presently attached there as a Crown Prosecutor. He has had some prior experience in this area of work having served as an Assistant Police Prosecutor in the Prosecution Department of the Royal Anguilla Police Force.
His application for admission to the Anguilla Bar was moved by Queens Counsel, Mrs. Joyce Kentish-Egan of Kentish & Associates. She told Madam Justice Mathurin that the applicant was a fit and proper person to be admitted to the Bar, having known him and his family for many years, having presented his qualifications before the court on his behalf. She took the opportunity to deliver a charge to him, asking him to uphold the noble legal profession; to walk the straight and narrow road; and to bring to the nobility of the profession – and the court – a discipline of honesty and unqualified integrity at all times.
Mrs. Kentish-Egan was joined in addressing the Judge, and giving pertinent advice to Mr. Bryson, by Mrs. Josephine Gumbs-Connor, Vice President of the Anguilla Bar Association, who supported his application and identification; and by Lawyers Mr. Kerith Kentish, Mr. Michael Bourne and Attorney General, Mr. Rupert Jones.
Noting Mr. Bryson’s qualifications, and the overwhelming support he received from members of the Bar present, Justice Mathurin said the court had no reason not to admit him and that, in fact, he was over- qualified for admission.
Replying, Anguilla’s newest Barrister-at-Law pledged to uphold the tenets of the noble profession of the law; and he took pride in his accomplishments, noting that he had succeeded by hard work, dedication and the Grace of God.
