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Clarence Antony Nigel Hughes
Mr. C.A. Nigel Hughes is a Partner in the law firm Hughes Fields & Stoby
After graduating with honors in his first degree (L.L.B.) andMasters in law (
L.L.M ) at University College, London University in 1986 Mr.
C.A. Nigel Hughes attended the Council of Legal Education (C.L. E ) in London in
1987 from which institution he graduated.
Mr. Hughes was then called to the Bar in London as a member of the Inner Temple
on the 24th day of November 1997.
Mr.Hughes was thereafter attached to the commercial chambers at 3 Essex Court,
Middle Temple, London and subsequently at 1 Pump Court, London.
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In April 1998 he returned to Guyana where he joined the firm of Hughes Fields & Stoby. After his arrival at the firm Mr. Hughes was appointed head of the firm’s
IT department and was responsible for the considerable modernization of the
firm. The firm is now an international law firm with a significant percentage of
its work originating from off shore jurisdictions.
Mr. Hughes has been involved in several significant developments in the field of
advocacy and legal practice in Guyana. He has developed considerable expertise
in the areas of banking, commercial law, insurance, intellectual property,
telecommunications Law, Public Utilities and mergers and acquisitions.
Chambers and Partners, an independent international market research firm based
in London and publishers of Chambers Global, “ The World’s Leading Lawyers”,
ranked Mr. Hughes as one of the top five lawyers in Guyana.
After he was elected Vice President of the Guyana Bar Association in 1999, Mr.
Hughes initiated and managed the annual conferences of the Guyana Bar
Association in which several International presenters attend.
The forum is now the leading law conference in the country.
In 2002 Mr. Hughes was elected to the Presidency of the Guyana Bar Association
and in that capacity was instrumental in convening the Social Partners
Initiative which comprised the Guyana Bar Association, the Private Sector
Commission and the Trades Union Congress. This initiative was established after
the traditional means of engagement between the two major political parties had
become significantly challenged and country embarked a period of increased
social degradation.
Also in his capacity as President of the Guyana Bar Association, Mr.Hughes
established a special committee of the Guyana Bar Association to assist the
Chief Justice in the reduction of backlog of cases. The committees successfully
reviewed and advised the Honorable Chief Justice on the status of at least two
thousand cases which were subsequently brought up for consideration and disposed
of by Judges of the High Court of the Supreme Court of Judicature
During the year 2003 Mr. Hughes was invited by the Chancellor of the Judiciary
to sit on the Rules Committee which was established to examine the proposed new
rules of the High Court of the Supreme Court.
In 2003 Mr. Hughes was invited to sit and did sit upon a Criminal law Review
Committee headed by Senior Counsel Rex Mc Kay. The Committee was tasked with the
responsibility of reviewing the criminal law and procedures in Guyana. The
Committee concluded its deliberations in 2004 and submitted its report to the
Honorable Chancellor
Mr. Hughes was retained by the Inter American Development Bank (IADB) as a
consultant on civil society in 2003.
In this capacity he developed the Civil Society action plan for the Bank’s Civil
Society Advisory Board.
Mr. Hughes has attended an IADB meeting on Civil society participation in
Government in Peru.
In 2004 Mr. Hughes was lead Counselin commercial litigation for an independent
cellular operator which heralded the removal of the monopoly in cellular
telecommunications in Guyana. Mr. Hughes thereafter participated in and was an
integral part of the negotiations for the sale of the independent cellular
company to Digicel.
In 2005 Mr. Hughes was legal advisor to the successful bidder in one the
Caribbean’s largest mergers and acquisitions. The take over and acquisition of
COURTS ( UK) Ltd in the Caribbean.
In 2006 Mr. Hughes was member of the Chief Justice’s select Committee which was
tasked with the responsibility of establishing new rules for the Commercial
Court.
The Rules are now an integral part of the new Commercial Court.
In 2006 Mr. Hughes was the lead counsel in the first successfully litigated
criminal appeal in Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). (Vaughn Thomas v The
State).
Mr. Hugheswas counsel and advisor to Trinidad Cement Ltd. thefirst company to be
fullylisted on the Guyana Stock Exchange.
Mr. Hughes is a member of the International Bar Association, International Trade
Mark Association, State Capital Global Law firm Group and an associate member of
the American Bar Association.
Mr. Hughes is also the personal advisor to the British High Commissioner in
Guyana.
Mr. Hughes is a member of the Board of Governors of St Stanislaus College in
Georgetown, Guyana and the Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity Guyana
Inc.
Mr. Hughes is a lecturer in Negotiating Skills in the Executive Masters in
Business Administration at the University of the West Indies,
Mr. Hughes is the managing partner of Hughes Fields & Stoby.
Practice areas:
- Commercial Law.
- General and marine insurance.
- Intellectual property.
- Telecommunications law.
- Mergers and acquisitions.
- International business.
- Commercial litigation.
- Mining law.
- Off shore investments.
- International law.
- Criminal litigation.
- Joint ventures.
- Administrative law.
- Energy law.
- Public Utilities.
- Aviation.
- Tax.
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