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secretary@tcibc.org
(649)-946-4650

Office

TCI Bar Council, P.O Box 260, Regent House West,
Regent Village, Grace Bay, Providenciales, Turks
and Caicos Islands, BWI

SELVYN HAWKINS

Selvyn Hawkins is a proud Turks and Caicos Islander. He possesses a Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science (International/Comparative Government) from Savannah State University; an LLB (Hons) from the University of Buckingham; a Diploma in Professional Legal Practice from the City Law School (London); a Masters in International Law (MIL) from the University of Sydney, Australia (focus on Int. Human Rights/ Int. Negotiation and Conflict Resolution / Law, Justice and Development); and a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies from Alphacrucis College via Hillsong College (Australia). He is currently converting his Master of Arts degree to a Master of Divinity (MDiv) with Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, with specific focus on church planting and growth, missiology, black and contemporary theology. He is also a certified Court Assisted Mediator, trained as such by the University of West Indies.

Selvyn is called to the Bar of England and Wales as a Barrister by the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple and is admitted to the Bar of the Turks and Caicos Islands as an attorney-at Law. He currently serves as President of the Turks and Caicos Islands Bar Council, Deputy Chairman for the Board of Governors for the Turks and Caicos Islands Community College, and Chairman for the Turks and Caicos Islands Airports Authority.

Shantae Francis

I am currently the Treasurer of the TCI Bar Association. I am a graduate of the University of Leeds where I obtained a Bachelors of Laws LLB (Hons.) I have also attended BPP University where I received a Postgraduate Diploma in the Bar Professional Training Course. I am also an accredited Civil - Commercial Mediator which I obtained from ADR-ODR International. I am also currently completing a Master’s Degree in Law with Business.

I am member of Lincoln’s Inn and was called to the bar in England and Wales in 2017 and in Turks and Caicos Islands in 2019.

Tremmaine Harvey

Tremmaine is an attorney   with 15 years of experience in the areas of corporate and commercial law, real estate l aw, tourism and resort development, and banking and finance. She advises clients on all aspects of corporate and commercial law, business structure and investments, draft contracts and various legal documents. She acts for  clients in high value  land transactions and have been involved  in tourism  development projects  from  the idea phase to construction to completion, obtaining requisite operational licenses to completion, sales and  ongoing  daily  management  legal  advice.  She has been engaged  as counsel  to  various commercial   banks  throughout  her  practice  in  drafting  securitization   documents,  leading foreclosure and recovery proceedings and providing legal advice.  She believes in providing clients with superior service and have earned a reputation for efficiency which manifests in repeat and new clients. Tremmaine has served in various leadership capacities including Chair of the 2012 Electoral Boundaries Commission, Deputy Chairman of the Invest TC Agency (2015-2018), Commissioner of the Turks and Caicos Islands Integrity Commission (2019-present), current Chair of the Turks and Caicos Islands Medical and Dentistry Professions Council and current member of the Turks and Caicos Bar Council.

KERCHELLE E. BAIN

Kerchelle E. Bain is a practising Attorney and Certified Mediator in the Turks and Caicos Islands. She has experience in a variety of practice areas but currently focuses on Family, Property and Dispute Resolution matters. She was appointed Secretary to the Bar Council in 2018 where she served until her election to member in April 2021.

DESIREE DOWNES

Desiree Downes hails from Guyana. She is an Attorney-at-Law called to the Guyana Bar on 22 October 1999.

Ms. Downes holds a Degree in Public Management and av Bachelor of Laws Degree, both obtained from the University of Guyana, Guyana; a Legal Education Certificate obtained from the Hugh Wooding Law School, Trinidad and Tobago; and a Master of Laws (LL.M) in Drafting Legislation, Regulation and Policy from the University of London, School of Advanced Study (Institute of Advanced Legal Studies), United Kingdom.

Desiree is the Principal Legislative Drafter in the Attorney General’s Chambers, Turks and Caicos Islands, where she bears responsibility for the work of the Legislative Drafting Division. She began her legal career in the Attorney General’s Chambers, Guyana as State Counsel in 1999. She also served as Senior Legislative Drafter for a brief period in the Attorney General’s Chambers, Bahamas. In 2013 Desiree received an honorary MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) award from Her Majesty the Queen for her services to legislative drafting in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

She is a Caribbean Financial Action Task Force trained anti-money laundering and prevention of the financing of terrorism assessor.

Ms. Downes serves as the Attorney General’s representative on the Bar Council.

JERWINA TAYLOR

Jerwina Taylor is a graduate of Oxford Brookes University,where she obtained her law degree (LLB Hons) in 2012. She was admitted to the Turks and Caicos Bar as an Attorney in 2014. Jerwina is an Associate at Karam & Missick Attorneys, where her principal areas of practice include debt recovery, personal injury, employment, family and probate. She is an elected member of the TCI Bar Council for the term 2018/ 19. Jerwina also serves as Chair of the TCI Junior Bar Committee.

OREIKA SELVER, LL. B (HONS.)

Oreika Selver, LL. B (Hons.), qualified Barrister & Attorney-at-Law, Member of Middle Temple Inns of Court (2007); Admitted to the Bar of England & Wales (2008) and the Turks & Caicos Bar (2009).From 2011 – 2016 she was engaged as a criminal trial attorney, appearing before the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal with the Director of Public Prosecutions; Ms. Selver has had regular speaking engagements at local high schools and she has lectured at the TCI Community College in Hospitality and Intellectual Property Law. Ms. Selver is currently In-house Counsel/Legal & Compliance Officer at the Invest Turks and Caicos Agency – an investment promotion agency, that is responsible for inward and local investment to the Islands.

In 2017/2018 Ms. Selver served as Acting Deputy Magistrate in the Turks and Caicos Islands and has been a member of the TCI Bar Council from 2012 – 2018. Ms. Selver was elected as President of the TCI Bar Council on 17th March 2018.

Turks & Caicos Islands Bar Association

The Professional Association of Attorneys in Legal Practice in the Turks and Caicos Islands
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BAR ASSOCIATION OF THE TURKS AND CAICOS

BAR Association of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Welcome to the website of the Turks and Caicos Islands Bar Association, the Professional Association of Attorneys in Legal Practice in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Every person admitted to practice law in the Turks and Caicos Islands other than those with Limited Admission are members of the Turks and Caicos Islands Bar Association.

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE BAR COUNCIL

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SELVYN P. A. HAWKINS, JR

BAR COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Welcome to the website for the Turks and Caicos Islands Bar Association!

It is our hope that you will find this website to be a useful resource for finding information on everything happening with the Turks and Caicos Islands Bar Association (‘TCIBA’). Since the TCIBA’s constitution under the Legal Profession Ordinance in 1997, every person admitted as an attorney in the Turks and Caicos Islands (unless admitted under the limited admissions process) is a member of the TCIBA. To this end, the TCIBA is made up talented attorneys with experience and expertise across multiple disciplines within legal practice, and who have acquired training and exposure in multiple and varied jurisdictions across the globe.

Whether you are a member of the TCIBA, aspiring attorney, or member of the general public, it is hoped that you will discover through the pages of this website a legal profession that is progressively evolving. The Association is made up of a Bar Council which is responsible for the policy, control, and management of the TCIBA. The Council is further responsible for maintaining the honour and independence of the TCIBA, promoting and encouraging proper standards of practice and conduct amongst members of the TCIBA, promoting and encouraging the development and dissemination of legal learning, education and training; and encouraging the improvement of the administration of justice and procedure.

The Association has much to be proud of with its accomplishments over the years and anticipates achieving much more in the year to follow. The TCIBA remains committed to working with our judiciary as partners in the modernizing of our legal system and legal practice. We are committed to the proper administration of justice, service to the public, and to the development of a profession in which local attorneys empowered and by which young people of the TCI are inspired to pursue a legal career.

ABOUT THE TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS

About the Turks and Caicos Islands

The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory located a short distance to the south east of The Bahamas and around 580 miles from Miami, Florida. The Islands are well connected and easily accessible by direct flights from London, Toronto and major North American cities such as Miami, New York, Boston and Dallas. The Islands are dominated by a tourist and financial services-related economy. The government of the Islands estimated that more than 1.3 million tourists visited the Islands in 2017.

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