VI’s Attorney General Dr. Christopher P. Malcolm out!
Dr. Malcolm, a Jamaican native, was appointed the Virgin Islands top legal boss in December 2011 following the election of the NDP.
Many sources close to the situation have told this news site that Dr. Malcolm has not invoked the provision to have his contract renewed. However, a Minister of Government speaking to this news site on condition of anonymity alleged that Cabinet already sent the message that “we will not support a renewal.”
The Minister did not elaborate on this or did not indicate when will be the last day on the job for the Attorney General.
When this news site called the Attorney General’s Chambers we were told that Dr. Malcolm was overseas.
Who to believe?
In attempt to also get a comment from the Leader of Government business, we made several calls to Premier Dr the Honourable D. Orlando Smith and several messages left with his secretary during office hours and after hours. However, there was no response from him.
The Smith Administration since coming to office in 2011 has been hostile to press freedom and has passed a bill [Computer Misuse and Cyber Crime Act] to censor the press, fine reporters millions of dollars and place journalists in jail. The Bill has been widely condemned by the international community and local and regional media organisations.
This news site will be conducting more investigations as to the reasons behind the Attorney General not renewing his contract or why some in the ruling NDP are claiming that Cabinet did not support a renewal.
Dr. Malcolm’s qualifications
Dr. Christopher P. Malcolm is admitted to practice as an Attorney-at-Law in the Virgin Islands, Dominica, Jamaica and Saint Lucia. He is also the Founder/Director of Partners for Economic Development Limited; Partner in Malcolm Gordon, Attorneys-at-Law; and Director, Intertrade Finance Corporation Limited.
Dr. Malcolm has also served as Head, Legal Unit, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States; Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies; Guest Lecturer, International Financial Law Unit, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University London; and Tutor, World Trade Organisation (WTO) Trade Policy Course.
According to research his areas of expertise are in Banking and Finance; Regulation and Compliance; Regional Integration and Economic Development; International Trade and Investment; Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution; and Corporate and Commercial Law.
Close to $150 thousand a year salary
Dr. Malcolm is currently getting a salary of close to $150,000 a year which includes telephone allowance equivalent to $1,296 per annum; travelling allowance paid monthly equivalent to $3,240 per annum; entertainment allowance equivalent to $6,480 per annum; and House of Assembly allowance equivalent to $12,960 per annum.
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77 Responses to “VI’s Attorney General Dr. Christopher P. Malcolm out!”
No one wants to go to j..l
He came to the VI to get r..h cause he heard thats the place where it happens.
'my people, why dem always swearing in Attorney Generals? I wonder when his contract will expire?' Even the eldest statesman in the House knew that this man was most nearly all house sittings not there. I think behind the scenes would show that the Government lost most cases that this AG sat on. We sat in the Court one time and heard this AG conceded a point in the Delta case. We nearly flipped out after so much coaxing from the Court's panel. After that, the Govt. was losing Delta case. We are not sure if it is finished because we saw in papers Delta asking for 600K. Let the record reflect, in our opinion, the Government had no choice but to terminate the contract after this same AG put from the Governor down in many embarrassing positions. Wasn't his contract to expire in February? That will soon be here. He can relax on Montego Bay Beach.
The AG should only be at fault for letting this go to the courts.
Give Dancia the job. She was there before, she is local and duly qualified. It would also give the VIP the sh...ing!
mr. Malcolm can go anywhere in the world and find a job, he is well respected internationally so US money cannot be a factor to him. ( as some bloggers seem to think) When you have qualifications you can dictate how you want to be paid. I guess some of them never went past High school so pity them. To those commenting on giving tasks to his subordinates, so if he doesn't allow them to do the work, how will they learn? Then you people will jump up and say how expats don't share their knowledge! You can't please everyone.
He did what he could for the BVI and he travelled and represented the BVI well. I attended one oh the conferences in which he presented and was well received. So my people know all the facts before jumping all over the man. God speed Dr Malcolm. You will do well. It’s a pity the BVI do not respect you.