G. Diane Stewart
Consultant
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Consultant G. Diane Stewart is a retired Justice of the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas with a distinguished career spanning education, private legal practice, judicial service, and public leadership. She began her professional career with the Ministry of Education and Culture, serving as a teacher at R.M. Bailey Senior High School from 1976 to 1981. In 1985, she joined McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes, where she built a highly regarded practice in commercial and civil litigation, banking, insolvency, insurance, and family law. She became a partner of the firm in 1992 and served in that capacity until 2018, including some time as a member of the firm’s Executive (Managing) Committee. In October 2018, she was appointed Justice of the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, a position she held until April 2023. Following her retirement from the Bench, Justice Stewart returned to McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes in June 2023, where she currently serves as a Consultant, continuing her long-standing contribution to the legal profession.
Professional Achievements
- Justice of the Supreme Court
- Acting Justice of the Supreme Court
- Acting Stipendiary Magistrate
- Member of Judicial & Legal Services Commission
- Associate Lecturer and Tutor at Eugene Dupuch Law School of Council of Legal Education, University of the West Indies
- Trainer in Advocacy Programme of Grays Inn Temple
- Member of the Rules Committee of the Bench and Bar
- Counsel to the Disciplinary Tribunal of the Bahamas Bar Association
- Registrar of Examinations for Bahamas Bar Association
- Vice Chancellor of the Anglican Diocese
- Associate Tutor, Eugene Dupuch Law School.
- Director of First Caribbean International Bank (Bahamas) Limited
- Member of Anglican Central Education Authority
- Member of Advisory Board of Dingman Centre for Entrepreneurship at the College of the Bahamas
- Member of the Council of the College of the Bahamas
- Chairman of the Student Life Sub-Committee at the College of the Bahamas
- Member of FIDA New Providence Chapter
- Director of Zonta Club of New Providence, Chairperson of Children and Literacy Committee
- Registrar of Examinations – Bahamas Bar Association
- Tutor and Examiner of Civil Procedure- Bahamas Bar
- Member of Bahamas Bar Council
- Member of Advisory Council to Minister of Education on Family Life & Health Education
- Member of Family Life & Health Advisory Board
- Director of Bahamas Family Planning Association
- Faculty Advisor to Key Clubs
- Member of Fundraising Committee of Bahamas Red Cross
- Vice President – St. Anne’s Old Scholars Association
- Executive Member of Bahamas Swimming Federation
- Chairman of Mental Health Review Tribunal
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