Legal Affairs
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Message from the Caribbean Community on the passing of The Rt. Hon. Michael de la Bastide
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) mourns the loss of the Right Honourable Mr. Justice Michael de la Bastide who passed away on 30 March 2024. Mr. Justice de la Bastide was the first President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), a role to which he applied his extensive knowledge of the law and administration. He will be remembered for establishing…
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Message from the Caribbean Community on the passing of Mme Justice Desiree Bernard
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is deeply saddened by the passing of the Honourable Madame Justice Desiree Bernard on 28 March 2024. Madame Justice Bernard embodied the ideals of distinguished professional advancement, gaining stellar academic qualifications in jurisprudence and blazing a trail as the first woman to be appointed to many significant roles, including Justice of the Court of Appeal of…
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Dominica’s Parliament Approves Bill to Make CCJ Final Court of Appeal
Dominica’s Parliament has approved a bill to make the Caribbean Court of Justice the country’s final court of appeal. Speaking to the House of Assembly this week, Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said the move made this an “historic time.” When completed, Dominica’s decision would make it the first country within the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States to accede to…
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Dominica Moves One Step Closer to Having the Caribbean court of Justice as its Final Appellate Court – Parliament Meets for Constitutional Amendment
Roseau, Dominica – Monday, June 30, 2014 – The Sixth Meeting of the Fourth Session of the Eighth Parliament under the Commonwealth of Dominica Constitution gets underway at 10:00am on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at the House of Assembly on Victoria Street, Roseau. At that meeting, Minister for Tourism and Legal Affairs, Honourable Ian Douglas will move a motion for the…
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CCJ orders Guyana to repay Surinamese beverage company US$6 million in environmental tax
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Thursday ordered Guyana to repay a Surinamese beverage manufacturer more than US$6 million in environmental tax that had been levied on non-returnable bottles because it amounts to a discriminatory import duty that violates Caricom’s Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas (RTC). The CCJ took note of the fact that the Guyana government had taken steps…
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JAMAICA-COURT-Lawyers to appeal Vybz Kartel murder conviction
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Lawyers for the popular dancehall artiste, Vybz Kartel ((Adidja Palmer), who was found guilty of murder on Thursday, say they intend to appeal the conviction following a trial that the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) said had put the judicial system “on trial”. “There is an appeal process, which we will embark upon immediately. But we…
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JAMAICA-COURT-Choas as supporters of Vybz Kartel descend on Supreme Court
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Chaos erupted on Thursday afternoon as supporters of dancehall entertainer, Vybz Kartel who is being tried for murder, protested on the outskirts of the Supreme Court in downtown, Kingston. Approximately 500 supporters of the Kartel, whose real name is Adijah Palmer, broke through police barricades and pushed their way right up to the gates of the…
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CARICOM asks Council of Legal Education to take UG Law graduates
There appears to be a resolution towards the issue of accommodating Guyanese law students at the Hugh Wooding Law Faculty for the upcoming academic year, Legal Affairs Minister and Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall said today. The AG was part of the Guyana delegation participating in the 25th Inter-Sessional CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in St Vincent and the Grenadines.…
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SG reiterates call for Member States to make CCJ their Final Court
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has once again called for the Member States to make the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) the final court of Appeal for the Region. Speaking to the Full Court at a Special Sitting in honour of the Honourable Mme Justice Desiree Bernard who is retiring…
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