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Clarence Albert Fitzgerald Hughes SC
Barrister at Law , Senior Counsel (SC) formerly described as Queen’s Counsel
(QC).
Senior Partner and Head of Chambers of Hughes Fields & Stoby, the largest law
firm in Guyana
Graduated from University of London with an LL.B (Hons) degree. He was called to
the Bar at the Inner Temple in the United Kingdom in February 1958.
Admitted to practice as a Barrister in Guyana in the year 1959. He has been
engaged continuously in private practice at the Bar from 1959 up to the present
time.
Specialises in commercial law and commercial contracts, banking and financial
services, company law, building and engineering contracts, insurance law, land
law, constitutional law and in international contracts and negotiations. He
practises in Guyana the English speaking Caribbean and before Her Majesty’s
Privy Council in the United Kingdom.
He is on the board of Directors of several Companies in Guyana. He is the
Chairman of Hand in Hand Mutual Fire Insurance Company and the Hand in Hand
Mutual Life Insurance Company, a director of Guyana Refrigerators Limited,
Industrial Domestic and Electrical Appliances Limited and Guyana Lighting
Limited.
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Richard Berkeley Fields SC
Barrister at law. Called to the Bar at Gray’ Inn, London, England on the 21st
November 1967. Admitted to practice in Guyana in December 1967. He has been
engaged in private practice at the Bar from 1967 to the present time. He was
elevated to the rank of Senior Counsel in June 1996.
Extensive Civil Law Practice before all Courts in Guyana.
Specializes in corporate and other civil and commercial matters, Incorporation,
banking law, probate and administration of wills and estates, international
contracts and negotiations, conveyancing, insurance law and the law relating to
securities.
Chairman of the Demerara Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited, the oldest
indigenous life Insurance Company in Guyana. Chairman of the Demerara Fire and
General Insurance Co Ltd. Honorary Consul for Finland and Honorary Consular
Agent for Italy. Member of the Board of Directors of Banks DIH Ltd and Citizen’s
Bank (Guyana) Limited.
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Robin Mark Sievewright Stoby SC
Barrister at law.
Called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn, England in September 1971. Admitted to
practice in Guyana in May 1972. Holder of the LL.B Honours Degree from the
University of Leeds, England.
Extensive Civil Law Practice before all Courts in Guyana.
Specialises in Corporate and other commercial matters, land law, insurance law,
banking, municipal law, maritime law, Trade Mark, Patent and Copyright Laws.
Registered Trade Mark and Patent Agent. Served as president, secretary and
treasurer of the Guyana Bar Association. Served for four years a member of the
Council of Legal Education of the West Indies. Honorary Consul for Denmark. He
was appointed a Senior Counsel in January 1993 and is a Chairman of the Guyana
Bank for Trade and Industry Limited.
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Andrew Mark Fitzgerald Pollard
L.L.B. University of the West Indies.
Admitted to practice in Guyana in 1987. Since then, has conducted a full civil
and commercial practice.
Specialises in Commercial and Company Law, Due Diligence for Corporate
Acquisitions, Company, Partnership and Joint Venture formations and
dissolutions, Commercial Agreements, Formation of Offshore Associations for Tax
Purposes, Securities and Financial Services regulation, Insurance Law,
International Negotiations, Mining Law, Public and Administrative Law, Property
and Land Law, Landlord and Tenant Law, and Commercial Litigation.
Is a Director of several Corporations in Guyana including Guyana Stockfeeds
Inc., Sterling Products Limited, and Croesus Minerals Inc.
Clients include: Atlantic Rice Mills Inc., Rusal, Bauxite Company of Guyana
Inc., Guyana Stockfeeds Inc., South American Minerals Inc. and Export Import
Bank of Trinidad and Tobago.
Previously served as Treasurer and Executive Committee Member of the Guyana Bar
Association.
Languages: English.
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Clarence Antony Nigel Hughes
Barrister at law. LL.B Honours and LL.M University College London. Called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in the United Kingdom on the 24th November 1987 and admitted to practice in Guyana on the 24th May 1988. Spent one year attached to leading Commercial Chambers in London at 3 Essex Court, Temple London.
Specialised in Maritime law, Marine insurance , International Business Transactions and Carriage of goods by sea in post graduate degree.
Since June 1988, he has been actively engaged in general common law, Civil and Commercial practice International Telecommunications matters, and specialises in shipping and maritime law, insurance law, building and engineering law, mining law, Constitutional law, intellectual property, patent, trade mark and copyright law, public law, Constitutional law, land law, company law, human rights law , personal injury matters and negligence.
Registered Trade Mark and Patent agent.
He is a lead trial attorney, Vice President of the Guyana Bar Association and has served as Chairman of the Guyana Book Foundation, ,Vice President of the Guyana Tourism Association and various private companies.
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Christobel Elizabeth Deane-Hughes
Barrister at Law . LL.B Honours from University College London in 1988.
Called to the Inner temple in the United Kingdom in 1989.
Practising general commercial and common law with special interest in banking
law.
Member of the Guyana Women’s Lawyers Association, Guyana Women’s Artist
Association. Active counsellor at Help and Shelter and professional volunteer at
the Guyana Volunteer Consultant.
Founder in 1992 , of award winning design Company, Deane Hughes Designs Ltd.
which specialises in the export of hand painted garments to the Caribbean and
the European Union.
Director of various private companies.
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Sharon Felicia Small, Attorney-at-Law
Graduated with a LLB degree from University of the West Indies and
thereafter obtained the LEC certificate from the Hugh Wooding Law School. Ms
Small was admitted to practicing in Guyana in October, 2001 and has since
engaged in general common law and civil practice
Specializes in property and land law, personal injuries, insurance law,
Estate law, Admiralty and commercial law.
Elected Assistant Secretary of the Guyana Association of Women
lawyers for the year 2004 to 2005, Secretary of the Guyana Association of Women
Lawyers for 2005 to 2006 and executive committee member of the Guyana Bar
Association 2005 to 2006.
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Teresa de Freitas, Senior Associate
Ms de Freitas graduated with a LL.B (Hons) degree from London Guildhall
University in 1996 and thereafter obtained the Legal Practice Course
certificate from The College of Law in London. In 2002 Ms de Freitas went
on to qualify as a Chartered Secretary and is an Associate of The Institute
of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators for England and Wales.
Ms de Freitas has been practising as a Company Secretary in the United
Kingdom for over 10 years and has considerable experience of corporate
administration not only in the UK but internationally. Her experience
ranges from setting up and administering companies in the UK and other
jurisdictions to co-ordinating the listing of companies on the London Stock
Exchange.
Ms de Freitas is practising in the areas of Company Law, Corporate
Administration, Debt Collection, Intellectual Property, Forestry, Taxation
Law, Retainer Client Services, and Oil and Gas.
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Faye Barker, Attorney-at-Law
Faye Barker graduated from the University of Guyana with honours before
proceeding to the Hugh Wooding law School in Trinidad where she distinguished
herself.
In 2007 Ms Barker was called to the Bar in Guyana.
After her admission to the Bar, Ms Barker joined the Attorney General's Chambers
where she was involved in litigation and advice.
Ms Barker is attached to the commercial & corporate law and litigation practice
divisions of the firm.
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Romona Rookhum, Attorney-at-Law
Ms Romona Rookhum graduated from the University of Guyana November 11, 2006 with
honours in the Bachelor of Laws Degree (L.L.B).
Ms Rookhum then proceeded to the Hugh Wooding Law School Trinidad , where she
obtained the Legal Education Certificate (LEC) on September 5, 2008.
Ms Rookhum was admitted to practice in Guyana on October 21, 2008.
Ms Rookhum joined the firm of Hughes, Fields & Stoby in October 2008 where she
practises in fields of banking, commercial transactions, insurance law,
corporate finance and business law.
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Tanya H. P. Warren, Attorney-at-Law
Ms Tanya H. P. Warren graduated from the University of Guyana in 2006 with a
distinction in the L.L.B .
Ms Warren was the best graduating student of the year.
After graduating from University, Ms Warren attended the Hugh Wooding Law School
in Trinidad where she again distinguished herself.
Ms Warren was admitted to the Bar in Guyana in November 2008 and joined the firm
in January 2009.
Ms Warren practices in the areas of criminal defence litigation, constitutional
law, human rights law and personal injury litigation.
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Latoya Hobbs, Attorney-at-Law
Ms. Latoya Hobbs graduated from University of Guyana in 2007 with honours in the
Bachelor of Laws degree program.
Ms Hobbs thereafter attended the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad in 2009
where she distinguished herself.
Ms Hobbs joined the firm in October 2009 where she practices in the areas of
tax, estate planning, conveyancing, commercial law, corporate finance and Land
Law.
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