Keith Major
Higgs & Johnson
More informationHiggs & Johnson’s ‘great, innovative team’ is consistently active in the jurisdiction’s largest cases, acting for a variety of local and international clients at all court levels up to the Supreme Court. The practice is particularly well regarded for its expertise in cross-border litigation, banking and financial services claims, and insolvency and employment disputes; it also fields distinct teams for asset recovery work, trust litigation and tax cases, and is increasingly active in arbitration proceedings. Tara Archer-Glasgow leads the department and attracts effusive praise from clients, who single her out as ’a smart litigation lawyer, who is punctual, concise and well organised, with a great personality’. Further key names in the practice include team deputy chair Karen Brown, who excels in employment law; senior partner Philip Dunkley KC and firm co-managing partner Oscar Johnson, Jr. KC; ‘great lawyer with great judgement’ Tara Cooper Burnside KC, who was appointed King’s Counsel in 2023; and Leroy Smith, who specialises in trust and estate litigation. Keith Major and Rhyan Elliott are the key names at senior associate level.
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‘A great, innovative team - on top of the law.’
‘Tara Burnside KC - great lawyer and great judgment.’
‘There are two members with whom I interact most often - Tara Archer-Glasgow and Audley Hanna. Tara has very ably represented our interests, she is very responsive, and is very assertive and confident in her approach. Audley's deep understanding of local labour laws is impressive and as such he has been able to guide us to avoid mistakes and avoid litigation without compromising our policies.’
‘Tara Archer-Glasgow: smart litigation lawyer, who is punctual, concise and well organised, with a great personality.’
‘The responsiveness we have received is bar none.’
‘Rhyan Elliott is thorough, very responsive and meets deadlines - that combination is a rare find within the legal fraternity and is a factor that places him and Higgs & Johnson at the forefront of the list of Bahamian Legal Service Providers utilised by my company.’
'They are responsive and they care!!!!'
Lawyers
Leading associates
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Tara Archer-Glasgow
Tara supervises the Asset Recovery Unit and chairs the Intellectual Property group. She is a highly experienced Dispute Resolution lawyer with more than 21 years of legal experience in all aspects of commercial litigation, with a particular focus on banking and compliance, employment, company law and admiralty law. She regularly appears as counsel or co-counsel in many important cases in all of the courts of The Bahamas and has appeared before the Privy Council in England. Tara provides legal advice to individuals, major financial service providers and global corporations regarding multi-jurisdictional litigation, shareholder disputes, fraud, asset-tracing and internal operations. She has assisted clients in the tracing and recovery of millions of dollars, and represents clients in franchise and intellectual property disputes.
Leroy Smith
Leroy is a Partner in the firm’s Litigation practice group in The Bahamas. He is a seasoned litigator and accredited mediator with an active practice strategically focused on complex trust and estate advice and litigation, and commercial law. In his trust and estate practice, Leroy advises fiduciaries and private clients in all aspects of Bahamas trust law, with particular emphasis on the drafting and administration of Bahamian trusts. His commercial practice involves a broad spectrum of substantive areas, including contentious and non-contentious commercial matters (claims for breach of contract, directors’ and shareholders’ disputes and asset-tracing and recovery matters), telecommunications law and maritime law. He also regularly represents local and international companies and insurers in relation to a range of personal injury, defamation and other tort-based claims.
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Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Tara Archer-Glasgow