David Simmons (judge)

Simmons chaired the 2013 CONCACAF investigation which found FIFA Vice President Jack Warner guilty of corruption.

In 2013, he was appointed Chairman of the Tivoli Inquiry into the violence surrounding the 2010 arrest of Christopher Coke.

In 2006, Sir David was elected as an Honorary Bencher of the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn.

On 1 January 2002, he became Chief Justice of Barbados. He is a Member of The Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission of the Caribbean Court of Justice and Chairman of the Turks and Caicos Integrity Commission.

Simmons was made a Knight of St Andrew (Order of Barbados) in November 2001.

Simmons became active in the Barbados Labour Party. In 1971, he stood unsuccessfully in the St Philip North seat, before winning it in a by-election in 1976. He served as the House of Assembly member for St Thomas from 1985 until his retirement in 2001, including three terms as Attorney General.

David Simmons was born in Saint Philip, Barbados, the oldest child of Sybil a nurse and Kenneth, a teacher. He has 3 brothers, Robin, Peter (deceased), Philip (deceased) and 1 sister Janette. His godparents were Sir Hugh Springer and Dr Hugh Gordon Cummins. He was educated at the Wesley Hall Boys' School, St Philip's Boys' School, and The Lodge School and then attended university in London, studying at the London School of Economics 1960–1965, graduating as Master of Laws (LL.M.) and being called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn. While in London, Simmons also reported as a journalist on the 1966 Barbados Independence Conference.

Sir David Anthony Cathcart Simmons, KA, BCH, SC, LLM (born April 28, 1940) is a distinguished Caribbean jurist and politician: a former Chief Justice of Barbados, he also served as Attorney General.