FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1970
APPOINTMENTS OF SENIOR OFFICERS IN CROWN SERVICE
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THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS HAS TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT THE QUEEN HAS APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF SIR DENYS ROBERTS AS CHIEF JUSTICE. HE ALSO ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. JACK CATER AS CHIEF SECRETARY.
SIR DONALD LUDDINGTON WILL SUCCEED MR. CATER AS COMMISSIONER, ICAC. SIR DONALD WILL BE REPLACED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION BY MR. IAN LIGHTBODY, WHO IS CURRENTLY THE SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION.
SIR DENYS ROBERTS WILL GO ON LEAVE ABOUT THE END OF SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR AND MR. JACK CATER WILL TAKE OVER AS CHIEF SECRETARY.
AFTER HIS LEAVE, SIR DENYS WILL SPEND SOME TIME STUDYING THE ORGANISATION OF COURTS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES BEFORE TAKING OVER FROM SIR GEOFFREY BRIGGS, THE PRESENT CHIEF JUSTICE, ON SIR GEOFFREY'S RETIREMENT IN 1979.
SIR DONALD LUDDINGTON WILL BECOME COMMISSIONER, ICAC, EARLY IN JULY, WHEN MR. CATER GOES ON LEAVE. THE COMMISSIONER WILL CONTINUE TO REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE GOVERNOR.
MR. LIGHTBODY WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE AFTER 32 YEARS SERVICE AND WILL BECOME CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION ON THE VACATION OF THIS OFFICE
EY SIR DONALD LUDDINGTON.
SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF SIR DENYS ROBERTS, MR. JACK CATER, SIR DONALD LUDDINGTON AND MR. IAN LIGHTBODY ARE AS FOLLOWS:
SIR DENYS ROBERTS, KBE, QC, JP, 55, WAS EDUCATED AT ALDENHAM SCHOOL
AND OXFORD UNIVERSITY. HE SERVED WITH THE ERITISH ARMY FROM 1943 TO 1946. A ZAPRISTER-AT-LAW OF LINCOLN'S INN, HE WAS APPOINTED CROWN COUNSEL IN NYASALAND (NOW MALAWI) ÎN 1953. IN 1960 HE WAS APPOINTED ATTORNEY-GENERAL IN GIBRALTAR AND IN 1962 WAS TRANSFERRED TO HONG KONG WHERE HE HAS BEEN SUCCESSIVELY SOLICITOR GENERAL, ATTORNEY-GENERAL, COLONIAL SECRETARY AND CHIEF SECRETARY.
JACK CATER, CBE, JP, 56, SERVED IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE DURING THE
SECOND WORLD WAR AND WAS FIRST APPOINTED TO HONG KONG IN 1945. HE HELD A VARIETY OF APPOINTYENTS INCLUDING DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DEFENCE SECRETARY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, DIRECTOR CF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION AND SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS BEFORE BECOMING THE FIRST COMMISSIONER OF THE ICAC IN 1973.
/SIR DONALD