JOHN DELANEY – BIOGRAPHY
JOHN K F DELANEY was born 19 April 1964, the seventh of eight children of
Remona Delaney (nee Burrows) and the late John F Delaney, businessman.
Educated locally at Palmdale Primary School and St. Augustine’s College, Mr.
Delaney, a lawyer, was trained in the United Kingdom where he earned a
Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the University of Birmingham, a Master of
Laws from the University of London, and was admitted to the Bars of England
& Wales in 1987 as a Barrister of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn.
The same year he was admitted a Counsel and Attorney of the Supreme
Court of The Bahamas.
Mr. Delaney has practised continuously at the law firm of Higgs & Johnson of
which he is a partner since 1994, Managing Partner since 2007 and, as of
2009, Global Managing Partner with oversight of the firm’s combined
Bahamas and Cayman operations. Mr. Delaney specializes in commercial
litigation and financial services law and has for years been cited by
international legal directories as a leader in his field.
Mr. Delaney is a member of The Bahamas Bar Association of which he is a
past (1995-1997) Vice President, and Vice Chairman of The Bahamas Bar
Council. He is a member of the International Bar Association, the Chartered
Institute of Arbitrators - London, and the Society of Trust and Estate
Practitioners.
Mr. Delaney formerly served as: Senator (FNM) 2005 – 2007; Director of the
National Insurance Board; Director of the Bahamas Financial Services Board;
member of the Road Traffic Authority; and evening lecturer at the College of
The Bahamas and the Bahamas Institute of Bankers. He is presently CoChairman of The Bahamas Trade Commission.
John Delaney is married to the former Daphne Dean. He is the father of one
son, Amorae, and twin daughters Dana and Maya.