A lawyer who has asked a Senior Magistrate to recuse himself from presiding over certain court matters, has clarified that his application was not “personal.”
The appointment of a former commissioner of the police as Senior Magistrate in St Vincent and the Grenadines has not gone down well with the local Bar Association, which has outlined its concerns in a November 30, 2023 letter to the Judicial and Legal Service Commission (JLSC).
A new executive has been elected for the St Vincent and the Grenadines Bar Association for the 2023 - 2025 term. The Executive members are: President Shirlan “Zita” Barnwell of Thomas and Barnwell Chambers; Vice President Moureeze Franklyn, Crown Counsel of the Attorney General Chambers; Treasurer Jadric Cummings of Cardinal Law Firm; Secretary Patricia Marks-Minors of Marks and Marks Law Firm; Committee members: Chelsea Alexander of ZHE Chambers, Dalana Horne …
DR LINTON A Lewis was today, Monday, April 25 nominated unopposed to the position of Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Caribbean Court of Justice Trust Fund (CCJTF). This will be Lewis’s fourth three-year term in the position, he having first been elected Chairman in 2013 to replace Dr Rollin Bertrand of Trinidad and Tobago. The Chairman and Vice Chairman by law are elected to serve for a …
Chief Justice Dame Janice Pereira has called on member states of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) to include in their legislative agendas criminal justice reform measures. “The criminal justice system is in dire need of robust reform,” the Head of the ECSC said during her annual address which was delivered last Tuesday, January 11. It was aired live on the occasion of the opening of the law year 2022 …