Biography:

Mr James Bristol received his legal education in England and was called to the bar of England & Wales in 1989. Mr Bristol joined the firm of Henry, Henry & Bristol in 1990 and has practised since then in Grenada. Mr Bristol has worked extensively in St Lucia as counsel and qualified as a mediator, through the Centre for Dispute Resolution in England. Mr Bristol practises mainly in the areas of commercial law, including banking, corporate law and civil litigation taking cases up to the Grenada’s final court of appeal, the Privy Council in London.
Mr. Bristol is a former aircraft engineer and served as the Chairman of the Air Transport Licensing Board in Grenada as well as on the Board of the Airport Authority and its subsidiary ground-handling company. He keeps up-to-date on aviation matters through IATA law programmes.

Jimmy, as he is better known, is keen on sailing and has been the chairman of the Grenada Sailing Festival since its inception in 1994, an event now recognised as one of the top five in the Caribbean. He is also a national yacht racing judge and has judged regattas in Grenada, St.Vincent & the Grenadians (the Bequia Easter Regatta) and St.Thomas US Virgin islands (the Rolex Regatta).

Mr. Bristol is the president of the Grenada Bar Association.