ILIANA N. SWIFT

Senior Associate

Phone +501.223.1476
Fax      +501.223.0214

Paralegal: Marissa Jorgensen

Education & Bar Admission

University of the West Indies, Barbados (L.L.B.)
Norman Manley Law School (L.E.C.)

Called to the Bar in Belize in 2010 and in St. Kitts and Nevis in 2020

Career

Senior Associate, Courtenay Coye LLP (2014-present)

Crown Counsel, Attorney General’s Ministry (2010-2014)

Practice areas & sector

  • Admiralty
  • Arbitration
  • Civil Litigation
  • Commercial Law
  • Constitutional and Administrative Law
  • Contract Law
  • Debt Recovery
  • Employment Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Extradition
  • Human Rights Law
  • Medical Negligence
  • Mediation
  • Personal Injury
  • Property Law
  • Taxation
  • Tort Law

Affiliations

Bar Association of Belize

President (2020-2022)
Executive Committee Member (2022-2023)
Secretary (2018-2019)
Member (2010- Present)

General Legal Council

Member (2020-2022)
Secretary (2018-2019)

Judicial and Legal Services Commission

Member (2020-2023)

People’s Constitution Commission

Member (2020-2023)

Publications

Co-author of the Belize Chapter in Attorney-Client Privilege in the Americas (Cambridge University Press, 2017).

Languages

English