Carol Lawrence-Beswick

Carol Lawrence-Beswick is a Jamaican jurist. She currently serves as the senior puisne judge of the Court of Appeal of Jamaica.

Born Carol Lawrence, Lawrence-Beswick is a 1973 graduate of Hollins University. In 1977 she completed an LLB at the University of the West Indies. For a time she served as Jamaica's assistant director of public prosecutors. In 2001 she was appointed to the Supreme Court of Jamaica; in 2014 she was one of five women to be appointed to the Court of Appeal. For her service she has received the Distinguished Alumnae Award from Hollins University. Lawrence-Beswick is married to attorney Paul Beswick; their daughter, Wendy Beswick, is a lawyer as well.