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Certain justices of the High Court of Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) are assigned to hear cases from Antigua and Barbuda. Officially, the division of this court in Antigua and Barbuda is called the High Court of Justice in Antigua and Barbuda, however, the Antigua and Barbuda High Court (ABHC) is an acceptable and more common term.
When a constitutional interpretation issue arises in a court of law in Antigua and Barbuda (other than the Court of Appeal, the High Court, or a court-martial), and the court determines that the issue involves a significant legal issue, the court may, and will, refer the issue to the High Court if a party to the proceedings requests it. [3]
The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) is a superior court of record for the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), [1] including six independent states: Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and three British Overseas Territories (Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, and Montserrat).
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This court is headquartered in Saint Lucia, but at least one judge of the Supreme Court resides in Antigua and Barbuda, and presides over the High Court of Justice. The current High Court judges are Nicola Byer, Ann-Marie Smith, Jan Drysdale, Rene Williams, and Tunde Bakre as of September 2024. [5] Antigua is also a member of the Caribbean ...
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From 1988, he continued his work as a judge in Antigua, including from 1991 to 1993 as Chief Magistrate of Antigua. [2] [5] Following that, he was named as a judge of the High Court of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. [5] In this capacity he served in Montserrat and the British Virgin Islands in the succeeding years. [2]
David Courtenay Harris was a High Court Judge on the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. A native of Dominica, he was assigned to reside in and hear cases from Antigua and Barbuda beginning in 2007. One of the cases he heard involved the Stanford International Bank of R. Allen Stanford. [1]