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On Friday 17 March, the Norman Manley Law School was declared the winner of the XIII Annual Caribbean Court of Justice’s (CCJ) International Law Moot competition. The Jamaica-based institution bested six other law schools and law faculties from throughout the region,...

Yesterday, the Caribbean Court of Justice delivered its judgment in Ellis Richards & Ors. v The State of Trinidad and Tobago AGOJ2021/001, a case in its Original Jurisdiction. Deciding a preliminary point raised at the case management stage, the CCJ dismissed the...

The public is advised that Mrs Gabrielle Figaro-Jones has assumed duty as Registrar and Chief Marshal effective 16 February 2023.    

Notice of Invitation of Amicus Curiae.

On 24 November 2022, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) and the CCJ Academy for Law, in collaboration with the Judiciary of Belize, launched the Inaugural Referral Workshop Series and sensitisation sessions on the CCJ’s Original Jurisdiction (OJ) at the Biltmore...

In its Original Jurisdiction, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has compulsory and exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine disputes concerning the interpretation and application of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas (RTC). It is against this backdrop that the...

The Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers (CAJO) 7th Biennial Conference has been hailed a resounding success.  The Conference was hosted by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) under the theme ‘Caribbean Judiciaries in a Changing World’ from 27-29 October...

Today, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) allowed the appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal of Guyana in the consolidated appeals Attorney General of Guyana v Monica Thomas & Others; Bharrat Jagdeo v Monica Thomas & Others [2022] CCJ 15 (AJ) GY....

Today, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) dismissed the appeal of two brothers, Orwin Hinds and Cleon Hinds against their murder convictions and reserved judgment in relation to their appeals against sentence in the consolidated Guyanese appeal of Orwin Hinds v The...