Anthony Ray Gubbay (b.1932), jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe, born in England, the son of Henry Selim Gubbay and Gracia nee Djeddah. He studied at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa, graduating with a BA in Greek and in Classical Life and Thought in 1952. He continued his studies at Jesus College, Cambridge University, earning an MA in 1955 and layer an LLM.
He started working as a lawyer in 1957 and the next year he immigrated to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) settling in Bulawayo. In 1974 he become a Senior Counsel, and then served as President of the Matabele and Midlands Valuation Board, National President of the Special Court for Income Tax Appeals, the Fiscal Court and Patents Tribunal and Chairman of the Law Development Commission of the Rhodesia Bar Association.
Gubbay was appointed judge of the High Court of Rhodesia in 1977, then Acting Judge of the Supreme Court in 1983, and in 1990, when he was 58 years of age, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe, the youngest person to hold this position. Gubbay resigned his position in 2001, following pressure from the President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe.
Gubbay was awarded the Peter Gruber Foundation's Justice Prize for 2001 at Runnymead, UK.
Anthony Ray Gubbay (b.1932), jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe, born in England, the son of Henry Selim Gubbay and Gracia nee Djeddah. He studied at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa, graduating with a BA in Greek and in Classical Life and Thought in 1952. He continued his studies at Jesus College, Cambridge University, earning an MA in 1955 and layer an LLM.
He started working as a lawyer in 1957 and the next year he immigrated to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) settling in Bulawayo. In 1974 he become a Senior Counsel, and then served as President of the Matabele and Midlands Valuation Board, National President of the Special Court for Income Tax Appeals, the Fiscal Court and Patents Tribunal and Chairman of the Law Development Commission of the Rhodesia Bar Association.
Gubbay was appointed judge of the High Court of Rhodesia in 1977, then Acting Judge of the Supreme Court in 1983, and in 1990, when he was 58 years of age, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe, the youngest person to hold this position. Gubbay resigned his position in 2001, following pressure from the President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe.
Gubbay was awarded the Peter Gruber Foundation's Justice Prize for 2001 at Runnymead, UK.