Eric Jarvis

Eric William George Jarvis, CMG (22 November 1907 – 14 June 1987) was a Rhodesian lawyer and judge.[1][2]

Jarvis was educated at the Salisbury High School and Rhodes University, before being admitted as an advocate of the High Court of Southern Rhodesia in 1929. He became a law officer of the Crown in 1934, became a KC in 1949, served as Solicitor-General of Southern Rhodesia from 1949 to 1955 and Attorney-General of Southern Rhodesia from 1955 to 1962. He was the drafter of the Law and Order (Maintenance) Act, 1960 and co-drafted the 1961 Southern Rhodesian constitution and election laws.[3] He was appointed a CMG in 1961.

He was appointed a puisne judge of the High Court of Southern Rhodesia in 1963. He was subsequently promoted to a judge of appeal. He retired in 1977 upon reaching the retirement age and was succeeded by Harry Elinder Davies.[4]

References

  1. ^ Redgment, John (1985). "Plus ça Change..: Fifty Years of Judges in Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia and Zimbabwe". South African Law Journal. 102 (3): 533–539.
  2. ^ "Jarvis, Hon. Eric William George". Who's Who & Who Was Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ Palley, Claire (May 1967). "The Judicial Process: U. D. I. and the Southern Rhodesian Judiciary". The Modern Law Review. 30 (3): 274. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2230.1967.tb02273.x. JSTOR 1092908.
  4. ^ "Biographical Data of New High Court Judges". The Rhodesia Herald. 16 September 1977. p. 4.