Walter H. Scott K.C.

Education:

University of the West Indies (LLB, Upper Second-Class Honours) 1983

Norman Manley Law School (Certificate of Legal Education) 1985

Attorney-at-law

Admitted:

Jamaica- June 1986
Barbados- 1996
One of Her Majesty’s Counsel (Q.C.) 2012

Work:

Crown Counsel, Office of Director of Public Prosecution 1985-1986.
Associate Rattray Patterson Rattray, Attorneys-at-Law 1987
Private Practice 1988 -1989
Associate Grant Stewart Phillips & Co., Attorneys-at-Law 1990 -1992
Partner Grant Stewart Phillips & Co 1992-1998
Senior Partner Chancellor & Co, Attorneys-at-Law 1999-August 2006
Senior Partner Rattray Patterson Rattray, Attorneys-at-Law September 2006- June 2019
Sole Practice as Leading Counsel July 2019 to date

Practice Areas:

Commercial, Civil and Criminal (white collar) Litigation, Gaming, Regulatory, Labour, Mining, and Libel Law
National Honours
Order of Distinction in the Rank of Commander (CD)

Current Directorships:

Chairman of Supreme Ventures Guyana Holdings Inc.,
Chairman of Supreme Ventures Enterprises Inc.
Chairman of McKayla Financial Services Limited.
Director Mayberry Investments Limited.
Director Prime Sports (Jamaica) Limited.
Director Supreme Ventures Services Limited.
President Kingston Cricket Club.

Former Directorships (Private Sector):

Chairman of Sygnus Capital Limited.
Chairman of Sygnus Capital Management Limited.
Director of AAMM Co-Operative Credit Union Limited.

Former Directorships (Public Service):

Member of the General Legal Council.
Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council.
Chairman Casino Gaming Commission.
Chairman of Betting Gaming & Lotteries Commission.
Chairman of Private Security Regulations Authority.
Director of Board of Management of the University Hospital of the West Indies.
Director of the Board of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica.
Member of the Appellate Tribunal under Natural Resources Conservation Authority Act.
Member of the Small Committee established to review the Defamation laws of Jamaica by Prime Minister Bruce Golding.
Chairman of the Tribunal established under the State of Public Emergency for the Parishes of Hanover, St. James, and Westmoreland 2019-2020

Memberships:

Jamaican Bar Association,
Commonwealth Lawyers Association,
Kingston Cricket Club,
Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ)