🕊️ 'Father of Cayman Bar', Ramon Alberga QC, passes away at 95

Ramon Alberga QC, a highly respected figure in the Cayman Islands' legal community, has passed away at the age of 95. Known as the 'Father of the Cayman Islands Bar' due to his extensive and distinguished legal career, Alberga's contribution to the development of jurisprudence in the Cayman Islands is highly regarded. Chief Justice Margaret Ramsay-Hale, speaking on behalf of the local judiciary, emphasized the magnitude of his contribution. 🏛️

Alberga was called to the English Bar in Middle Temple in February 1951 and later to the Jamaican Bar. He first appeared in the Cayman Islands Grand Court in 1964 and relocated to the islands with his family in 1976. During his tenure as president of the Cayman Islands Law Society in the early 1980s, he played a pivotal role in the establishment of the Cayman Islands Law Reports. Many of the judgments dating back to 1952 and earlier, which appeared in the early volumes of the Reports, were from Alberga’s own private collection. 📚

In 2011, on the 60th anniversary of his being called to the Bar, his portrait was mounted in the foyer of the courthouse, marking him as the first attorney and only non-judge to be granted this honor. This gesture reflects the high level of respect and regard he commanded in the legal community. His passing is a great loss to all who knew him, and sincere condolences have been extended to his family and friends by the chief justice and the entire judiciary. ⚖️