Current Practice Information:

Civil Litigation, Insurance Law, Personal Injury, Conveyancing and Real Estate Law.

Perry has recently joined the Daniel, Brantley & Associates team as an Associate in November 2008.

Perry was admitted to the Bar of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on November 2, 2001 and began his legal career as Crown Counsel One (1) at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) which immediately exposed him to a high level of Advocacy, having to conduct the prosecution of criminal cases at the High Court of Saint Vincent. This meant regular appearances before juries and countless matters before the Magistracy for Preliminary Inquiries and Summary Trials. His duties then also included advising the Commissioner of Police on criminal matters and investigations which covered a wide range of areas of Criminal Law, from Capital Offences to Money Laundering. He has appeared as Crown Counsel, before the Magistrate Court, High Court and Court of Appeal.

His tenure at DPP opened the door to an opportunity to work at the Law Firm of Hughes & Cummings, then, the oldest Law Firm in the jurisdiction, in 2003. Here he began to broaden his professional horizons at the Civil Bar, and worked on various areas of civil litigation, including, but not limited to, Insurance Claims including Personal Injuries, Employment and Labour Disputes and all aspects of Family Law (especially Divorce). In this regard, he has appeared before all levels of the Court, including the Family Court, and also LabourTribunals.

At Hughes & Cummings, Perry was involved in several noted matters including Kenrick Thomas & RBTT Bank Caribbean Ltd., Civil Appeal No. 3 of 2005 (St. Vincent & the Grenadines) The noted judgment, handed down by then Justice of Appeal, the Honorable Denys Barrow, edumbrated the Court's position of strict application of Part 13.3(1) of the Civil Procedure Rules 2000, citing that all three requirements of this Rule, must be answered in the affirmative before the court's discretion to set aside a judgment, can be invoked. This put to rest, a few years of debate and discourse as to whether the old disposition still held sway in an Application To Set Aside a Default Judgment. No longer was a good arguable defence sufficient as the most important ground, but the Applicant now had to satisfy the court with a "yes" to all three requirements.

Perry enjoys all aspects of journalism, as his first real stint of employment was as a reporter for a local Vincentian newspaper in 1994 (after finishing Advanced Level exams), and up until 2008, still rendered productional assistance in that paper's publication.

Education: University of the West Indies (Cave Hill Campus) 1998; Sir Hugh Wooding Law School (Trinidad) (HWLS) (Legal Education Certificate, 2001).

Career: Crown Counsel, Office of the Director of Public Prosecution, St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2001-2003; Associate, Hughes & Cummings Chambers, St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2003-2008; Associate, Daniel, Brantley & Associates November 2008; Full Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

Award: Island Scholarship Award - 1994.