Attorney General of Anguilla

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.