Anthony Roy Gubbay

Background

Gubbay, Anthony Roy was born on April 26, 1932 in Manchester, England. Son of Henry Ezra and Gracia (Djeddah) Gubbay. arrived in Zimbabwe, 1958.

Education

Bachelor, U. Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1952; Master of Arts, Cambridge (England) University, 1955; Master of Laws, Cambridge (England) University, 1956; honorary doctorate, U. Essex, England, 1994.

Career

Appointed senior counsel, Rhodesia, 1974; appointed president, Special Income Tax, Patents Tribunal, Fiscal and Valuation Court Justices, 1974-1977; appointed judge, High Court, Rhodesia, 1977-1983; appointed judge, Appeal Supreme Court, Zimbabwe, 1983-1990; appointed chief justice, Supreme Court, Zimbabwe, since 1990. Chairman Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, Zimbabwe, since 1990, Judicial Svc. Commission, Zimbabwe, since 1990.

Member Permanent Court Arbitration. Patron Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Association. Member of advisory board Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute, 1996.

Member Committee International Human Rights Law and Practice, 1996.

Achievements

• Anthony Roy Gubbay has been listed as a reputable Judge by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Jesus College, Cambridge (honorary since 1992). Member Oxford and CambridgeSoc. Zimbabwe (president since 1983), Honorary Society Lincoln's Inn (honorary bencher 1997), Harare Club.

Interests

• Avocations: classical music, philately, tennis.

Connections

Married Alice Wilma Sanger, December 8,1962. Children: David Owen, Nicholas Henry John.

Father:

Henry Ezra Gubbay

Mother:

Gracia (Djeddah) Gubbay

Spouse:

Alice Wilma Sanger

child:

Nicholas Henry John Gubbay

child:

David Owen Gubbay