Barbara Gayle, Staff Reporter
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW GLEN Cruickshank has been appointed a Queen's Counsel.
Mr. Cruickshank has been the executive director of the Legal Aid Council since 2003.
The appointment of Queen's Counsel is a distinguished legal honour. It is conferred by the Governor-General on members of the private and public Bar who have exhibited outstanding skill in advocacy and are of unquestionable integrity.
Mr. Cruickshank is The Gleaner's last Silver Pen winner for 2005, taking the award in December. He was presented with the Silver Pen during a ceremony at The Gleaner's headquarters last week.
STUDIED IN LONDON
Mr. Cruickshank studied at the Inns of Court School of Law in London. He is a past student of York Castle High, St. Ann and has been practising law in Jamaica for the past 30 years.
He has been successful in many outstanding legal cases in which he appeared. He also appeared in cases with the late eminent Queen's Counsel Ian Ramsay and Public Defender Howard Hamilton, Q.C.
Mr. Cruickshank also appeared in cases in the Cayman Islands and was involved with other Jamaican lawyers in the Maurice Bishop murder trial and appeal in Grenada.
Mr. Cruickshank won the Silver Pen for his letter of the day, 'Let's Debate the Justice System', which was published on December 31.
