Bar Association mourns Brynmor Pollard’s passing
Brynmor Pollard, SC
Brynmor Pollard, SC

THE Guyana Bar Association, on Sunday, issued a statement expressing its condolences on the passing of legal luminary, Brynmor T. Pollard, S.C., who passed away last Friday, 24 January, at the age of 92.

Born in Buxton, East Coast of Demerara, Pollard travelled to London to read for his law degree, returning to Guyana in 1959 when he was called to the Bar before serving in the Attorney-General’s Chambers under the then Attorney-General, Sir Shridath Ramphal, OE, Q.C.

Prior to departing for London, he attended the Queen’s College, graduating from Sixth Form. He also taught there briefly.
In 1970, shortly before Guyana attained its Republican status, Pollard was invited to take silk and became a Queen’s Counsel. Following this, he was appointed as the Chief Parliamentary Counsel and served as an expert authority on legislative drafting, constitutional and public law, and related matters.

“Brynmor T. Pollard, S.C., of blessed memory, was a true gentleman in and to the law in Guyana and CARICOM, he will be missed. The Bar Association of Guyana expresses sincerest sympathies and condolences to his family. May his soul rest in peace and rise in glory,” the Bar Association statement said

“For Pollard, S.C., the indelible imprint of his service to the law is seen in the Acts, Regulations and other laws of Guyana; the treaties and other instruments of CARICOM and the Commonwealth; and in later years in the columns of our daily periodicals. His legacy of service is further exemplified by his son– our friend and colleague, Andrew Pollard, S.C.”
Pollard left the service of the Government of Guyana in 1979, when he was engaged by the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation and seconded to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as General Counsel.

At the Secretariat, he assisted in the harmonisation of the Region’s Companies Law, and provided assistance to the Constitutional Assembly of Namibia, South West Africa, which was poised to attain independence at the time. He was also a leading participant in the efforts of the Council of Legal Education and its two law schools in Trinidad and Jamaica.

“The reflections on the service of a man or woman in the law can be in both metaphoric and literal terms. For us in Guyana, when we mourn, we speak in symbols of either the “blink of an eye” or the “dash between birth and death”. The literal interpretation of life in the law is represented by the tangible impact of life spent in service to the law,” the Bar Association said.

Mr. Pollard served as the Vice-Chairman of the Juridical Committee of the Organisation of American States (OAS) from 2000 – 2002 and the Judicial Service Commission of Guyana. He demitted that office in 2010.

For his outstanding contributions in the field of law at the national, regional, Commonwealth and international levels, Mr. Pollard was conferred the Cacique Crown of Honour (CCH) and, later in 2015, the Order of Roraima.
Last Friday, President David Granger had also hailed Pollard’s service to this nation in a message of condolence.

President Granger expressed heartfelt sympathy to Mr. Pollard’s four children –Mr. Andrew Pollard, SC; Under Secretary-General of the United Nations; Ms. Catherine Pollard, Messrs Ian and Michael Pollard and his six grandchildren – Gina, Angelica, Nikolas, Tyla, Nataliya and Julia and other relatives and friends.

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