Edward Zacca

Sir Edward Zacca KCMG OJ (26 July 1931 – 11 November 2019)[1] was chief justice of the Jamaican Supreme Court from 1985 to 1996.

They had three children together: Christopher, Karen, and Edward, Jr.[2] Zacca attended Kingston College from 1941 to and was called to the Bar in Middle Temple, London, on 9 February 1954.

On 2 January 1985, he was sworn in as Chief Justice of Jamaica by Florizel Glasspole at King's House.

Zacca was the fourth Caribbean Chief Justice to be appointed to the Privy Council and the first from Jamaica.

He retired as Chief Justice of Jamaica on 25 July 1996 after giving 38 years in the judicial service.