The Attorney General's Chambers of Anguilla is responsible for the following:

  • Legal Adviser to the Government, Departments, Statutory Boards and Corporations
  • Prosecute criminal cases on behalf of the Crown
  • Represent the Government in civil actions by and against the Crown
  • Advise the Royal Anguilla Police Force regarding investigations and prosecutions
  • Draft legislation
  • Law revision
  • Law reform

Anguilla seceded from Saint Kitts and Nevis and became a British Crown colony in December 1980. Before then, the Attorney General was identified as representing "St. Christopher [Kitts], Nevis and Anguilla." Even by the time Anguilla passed a new constitution in 1982, certain records still showed the same title for the Attorney General.

List of attorneys general (Post-1980 upon becoming a territory)

  • Fitzroy Bryant (1979) [referred to as the Attorney General of St. Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla]
  • Tapley Seaton (1980-1982) [referred to as the Attorney General of St. Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla]
  • Alan Hoole (1983-1985)
  • Howard Morrison (1988-1989)
  • Alan Hoole (1989-1990)
  • Kurt de Freitas (1991-1992)
  • Patrick Patterson (1993-1994)
  • Kurt de Freitas (1995-1996)
  • Ronald Scipio (1997-2006)
  • Wilhelm Bourne (2006-2010)
  • James Wood (2011-2014)*
  • Rupert Jones (2014-2016)
  • John McKendrick (2016-2018)*
  • Dwight Horsford (2018-present)

*Ivor Greene was the Acting Attorney General during 2013 and 2017.

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