Joseph Archibald

Dr. Joseph Samuel Archibald, QC (January 27 1934 – April 3, 2014) was a Saint Kittitian-born British Virgin Islander jurist, lawyer, registrar, magistrate, former Director of Public Prosecutions, and former Attorney General.

Archibald was a native of Saint Kitts and Nevis. On July 12, 1960, he was admitted to Bar as a Barrister of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn in London. Archibald specialized in civil litigation, commercial law, banking law, international arbitration, property law, and insolvency. He served on the Magistrate's Court, Appellate Court, as well as the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the United Kingdom. He was elevated to Queen's Counsel in 1980.

Archibald moved from Saint Kitts to the British Virgin Islands to practice law. He settled on Tortola and founded his law practice, J. S. Archibald and Co. He served in several legal positions in the British Virgin Islands, including tenures as Magistrate, Registrar, Director of Public Prosecutions, Crown Attorney (now known as the Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands), High Court Judge and Court of Appeal judge. In the early 1990s, Archibald was recommended as a potential successor for Sir Lascelles Robotham, who was retiring as Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court at the time. Archibald also served as a commissioner on the committee which appoints judges to the Caribbean Court of Justice.