Former Attorneys General

Mrs. Lorraine Bernadine Williams holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law with Second class honors from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus and a Legal Education Certificate from the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad. She was called to the Bar of Saint Lucia in 1983. In May 1992, Mrs. Lorraine B Williams was appointed to the Senate, and was sworn in as Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs. She was the first female and the youngest person (at age thirty-three) to hold that position within CARICOM. During her tenure as Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Mrs. Williams successfully piloted several significant bills through Parliament including the Family Court Act, the Domestic Violence Summary Proceedings Act and the Attachment of Earnings Legislation. Mrs Williams was one of the catalyst behind the establishment of the Family Court and the Shelter for Battered Women.

The late Parry Jones Husbands was called to the Bar of Saint Lucia on October 2, 1965. He served as Attorney General from February 1979 to June 1979 and from April 1987 to April 1992. As Attorney General, he was a member of the Saint Lucia Delegation and served as a Legal Advisor to the Government in talks held in London during 1978 to frame the Constitution for an Independent Saint Lucia in 1979. During his tenure as Attorney General, he travelled throughout the island lecturing and explaining the provisions of the New Constitution. He initiated a radio programme entitled “The Law and You” to inform and instruct the people on matters of Law. As a legal draughtsman himself, he drafted most of the laws of St. Lucia during that era. Mr. Parry Jones Husbands was made a Queen’s Counsel in 1995 and was bestowed with the award of Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) in 1995.

Sir Allan Fitzgerald Laurent Louisy attended the Laborie Infant and Primary Schools and then the St. Mary’s College. He was called to the Saint Lucia Bar in 1945 and served as Attorney General from January 1982 to April 1982. Sir Allan led the opposition’s delegation in the constitutional talks in the United Kingdom prior to the granting of Independence to the island of Saint Lucia on 22nd February, 1979. He was Saint Lucia’s first elected Prime Minister, a post he held from 1979 until his resignation in 1981. In addition to pursuing his legal career, Sir Allanwasalso actively involved in the Trade Union movement. In 1998, Sir Allan was awarded Saint Lucia’s highest honour, the Saint Lucia Cross and in 2005 he was elevated to Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Mr Winston Francis Cenac Q.C. obtained a scholarship to attend the Saint Mary’s College in 1936 and obtained his Cambridge School Certificate five years later. He obtained his London Martriculation certificate one year later. In 1954 Mr Cenac enrolled as an external student with the University of London and was called to the Bar of Saint Lucia in 1957. In 1958 he was appointed as Registrar of the High Court of Saint Lucia, and in 1959 as Chief Registrar of the Windward Islands resident in Grenada. He was appointed the Attorney General of Saint Lucia in 1964 and acted as Administrator on a number of occasions. He was also the Attorney General of Saint Vincent in 1967 and Attorney General of Grenada in 1967 and 1970. Mr Winston Cenac opened his private practice in 1970. In 1971, MrCenac acted as judge in Saint Kitts for six months, following which he returned to private practice after declining a full appointment. MrCenac received his letters patents in 1976 when he obtained Queen’s Counsel status. In 1979, Mr Winston Cenac was elected as the representative of Soufriere and became the Attorney General of Saint Lucia. As Minister, he registered a deed in the Registry of Deeds and Mortgages to the effect that he had no interest in the Chambers of Cenac& Edward of which he was a senior partner. After the collapse of the administration in 1982, Winston returned to practice and remained there until his death in September 2004. Mr Winston Francis Cenac was the author of a leading text on land law in Saint Lucia called “Contume de Paris”, which was cited with approval in the seminal case of Spiricor and the Attorney General.