Firm Name: Gonsalves-Sabola Chambers
Jurisdiction: Bahamas
Practice Area: Litigation Law
18 Parliament Street
Nassau
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Professional Biography:
Margaret Gonsalves-Sabola is a civil and commercial litigation attorney and an accredited civil and commercial mediator. Margaret has over 21 years’ experience in legal practice in the United Kingdom, Jamaica and The Bahamas.
Margaret has been involved in a wide range of civil and commercial matters including contractual disputes, personal injury claims, employment claims, pension litigation, shareholder disputes, professional liability claims, banking disputes, insurance litigation, liquidations and receiverships, trust claims, judicial review applications constitutional claims, competition law and licensing matters. She has appeared in large commercial matters before the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and the Privy Council. Margaret has advised individuals, international banking clients, insurance companies and local businesses including a local telecommunications provider. She is one of the founding members and the Chairman of the Bahamas Association of Mediators.
Education
– LL.B. (Hons), University of Wolverhampton, 1993
– Barrister, Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, London, 1994
– LL.M. (Business Law), University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1996
– LEC, Council of Legal Eductaion, Norman Manley Law School, Jamaica, 1996.
Bar Admissions
– England & Wales
– Jamaica
– Antigua & Barbuda
– The Bahamas
Other Certification
– Accredited Civil & Commercial Mediator, London School of Mediation, 2012
– Advanced Certificate in Trust Disputes, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, 2012
Training Workshops
– Lex Mundi Institute, Cross-Border Transactions, Monterey, California, 2004
– ADR Workshop, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor, Nassau, 2006
– EU Competition Law Summer School, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2010
Publications
Contributor on Bahamian insolvency law and directors’ duties to:
– Multi National Entreprise Liability in Insolvency Proceedings, European Lawyer Reference Series, 1st ed., 2006
– Multi National Entreprise Liability in Insolvency Proceedings, European Lawyer Reference Series, 2nd ed., 2010
– International Insolvency, European Lawyer Reference Series, 3rd ed., 2012
– International Insolvency, Thomson Reuters, 4th ed., 2015
– Enforcing a Foreign Judgment, Lawyer Monthly Magazine, December 2012
Professional Memberships
– Bahamas Bar Association
– Bahamas Association of Mediators
– Bahamas Chamber of Commerce & Employers Confederation
– Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
