[1][2] After secondary school, Bruce-Lyle worked as a second division clerk at Ghana Civil Service until 1946.
He was appointed judge of the high court in 1961 and he served in that capacity for three years.
In 1964 he was appointed judge of the Supreme Court of Ghana and he remained in that position until 1966 when Nkrumah's government was ousted from power.
[1][2][3] Prior to his 1951 marriage to Rosamond Alexandra Bannerman, he had a daughter Emma Lilian.
His second son, the late His Honour Mr Justice Frederick Victor Bruce-Lyle was a jurist of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court based in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and his daughter Desiree Bruce-Lyle[4] is a jurist of San Diego Superior Court, United States.