Frederick Bruce-Lyle

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Frederick Victor Bruce-Lyle (6 August 1953 – 21 April 2016) was a Ghanaian-born jurist who was a judge in several Caribbean countries.

Born in Accra, Ghana, Bruce-Lyle was the second son of Ghana's Supreme Court judge and Supreme Court judge of Zambia, William Bruce-Lyle,{{cite web|url=http://www.times.co.zm/?p=42390|title= Evolution of Judiciary since 1964|publisher=Davies M.M.Chanda|accessdate= 22 February 2016}} and the grandson of Sir Leslie McCarthy. He was educated at Mfantsipim School, Cape Coast, the Accra Academy{{cite web|url=http://www.accraacaalumni.com/Academician.htm |title= ACCRA ACADEMY ALUMNI |accessdate= 26 November 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.accraacaalumni.com/Alumnisearch.asp |title= Accra Academy Alumni search |accessdate= 26 November 2018}} and the University of Ghana, where he attained a Bachelor of Laws degree.

From 1979 to 1984, Bruce-Lyle was a State advocate in Zambia, before moving to the Caribbean where he served as a Magistrate in Belize (1984–1989); Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1989–1993); the British Virgin Islands (1993–1997); and Antigua and Barbuda (1997–1999). He was a naturalised citizen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

In 1999, Bruce-Lyle was appointed by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission of the Caribbean Community as a High Court Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court based in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. In 2013, Bruce-Lyle became the longest serving High Court Judge.

Bruce-Lyle died in Trinidad in 2016 after a brief illness.{{cite web |url=http://999wefm.com/local-news/former-high-court-judge-frederick-bruce-lyle-dies-at-age-62/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-04-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514010625/http://999wefm.com/local-news/former-high-court-judge-frederick-bruce-lyle-dies-at-age-62/ |archivedate=14 May 2016 }}