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Winston
Anderson was born in Saint Ann’s Bay and raised in
Brittonville, Saint Ann, Jamaica. He attended the
Brittonville Primary School and later the Ferncourt High
School in Clermont, Saint Ann from which he subsequently
transferred to the Saint Andrew Technical High School
(STATHS) in Kingston. He entered the Faculty of Law,
University of the West Indies in 1980, and graduated in
1983 with the Degree of Bachelor of Laws, Upper Second
Class Honours. From 1983 to 1984 he taught International
Law, among other subjects, at his Alma Mater,
whilst pursuing the Masters in Law degree there.
In 1984, Dr
Anderson proceeded on a Commonwealth Scholarship to
Cambridge University in England and graduated with a
Doctorate in Philosophy in 1988 majoring in
International and Environmental Law. Also, in 1988, he
completed a course of training at the Inns of Court
School of Law in London (with Honours) and was called to
the Bar of England and Wales, as a Barrister of the
Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn.
He rejoined
the Faculty of Law of the University of the West Indies
in 1988 and was called to the Bar of Barbados in 1989.
He was awarded indefinite tenure at the University of
the West Indies in 1994. From 1994-1995 he was research
Fellow at the University of Sheffield. In 1996 Dr.
Anderson was appointed Senior Lecturer on Fellowship
Leave at the University of Western Australia, and in
1999 became Senior Lecturer in the University of the
West Indies on indefinite tenure. He was appointed
Executive Director (Ag) of the Caribbean Law Institute
Centre for the academic year 2000-2001.
Dr. Anderson
was appointed the General Counsel of the Caribbean
Community Secretariat on secondment from the University
of the West Indies, 2003-2006. In 2006 he was appointed
Professor in the Faculty of Law, University of the West
Indies. Professor Anderson’s major publications
include, The Law of Caribbean Marine Pollution, published
by Kluwer Law International, The Netherlands, 1997; Elements
of Private International Law (2003, Caribbean Law
Publishers); and Private International Family Law
(2005, Caribbean Law Publishers). Professor Anderson is
pursuing the publication of several other books on
aspects of Caribbean jurisprudence.
Following
his return to the Faculty of Law in 2006, Professor
Anderson was appointed Executive Director (Ag) of the
Caribbean Law Institute Centre; and was appointed
Executive Director in December 2007, a position he holds
at present.
Professor
Anderson is married to Dr. Sandra Anderson, a graduate
teacher in the public service of the Government of
Barbados, and they have three children.
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