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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).
The justices of the high court for Antigua and Barbuda are assigned to the country by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission (JLSC) of the OECS. [1] Justices of the High Court must retire at the sixty-five, however, the JLSC may extend a justice's term by three years upon the agreement of the heads of government of all of the states participating in the ECSC. [2]
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ or CCtJ; Dutch: Caribisch Hof van Justitie; French: Cour Caribéenne de Justice [2]) is the judicial institution of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Established in 2005, it is based in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
The Virgin Islands Supreme Court. The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court is the superior court of record in the British Virgin Islands. [8] Although commonly referred to as the High Court, technically its correct name is the Supreme Court. It is a court of unlimited jurisdiction in the British Virgin Islands.
Dame Janice Mesadis Pereira DBE PC (née George; formerly: George-Creque, Creque), was the Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. [2] She became the first female Chief Justice and the first person from the British Virgin Islands to become Chief Justice in 2012.
Sir Charles Michael Dennis Byron (born 4 July 1943) [1] is a former president of the Caribbean Court of Justice.He also serves as President of the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute, [2] and is former President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and former Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.
Mario F. Michel (born 1960) is a Saint Lucian lawyer and politician and since 2009 has been a judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Michel studied Economics and History at the University of the West Indies in Cave Hill, Barbados. He then went on to study at the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad and Tobago from 1988 to 1990.
The Chief Justice of Grenada is the head of the Supreme Court of Grenada which consists of the High Court with three justices and a two-tier Court of Appeal. [1]The original High Court of Grenada was replaced by the Windward and Leeward Islands Supreme Court and the Windward and Leeward Islands Court of Appeal in 1939; both of the latter were replaced in 1967 by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme ...