The Honourable Mr Justice Winston Anderson
The Hon Mr Justice Winston Anderson, judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), holds both Jamaican and Barbadian nationalities. He earned an LLB from UWI in 1983 and a PhD from Cambridge University in 1988. Also, in 1988, he graduated from the Inns of Court School of Law and was called to the Bar of England and Wales as a Member of the Lincoln’s Inn. He has since been called to the Bar of Barbados (1989) and Jamaica (2006). Dr Anderson rejoined UWI Faculty of Law as a lecturer in 1988, rising through the ranks to become a professor in 2006. Whilst at the Faculty, he was Deputy Dean, Head of Teaching, General Counsel to the Caribbean Community (on secondment), and Executive Director of the Caribbean Law Institute Centre (CLIC). In June 2010, Professor Anderson was elevated to the Bench of the CCJ. He is now the second most senior Judge on the Court and the founding Chairman of the CCJ Academy for Law, established in 2010.
Justice Anderson is the author of numerous articles in referred journals and of five leading texts, including The Law of the Sea in the Caribbean (BRILL, 2022), Caribbean Private International Law (Sweet & Maxwell, 2014), and Principles of Caribbean Environmental Law (ELI, 2012). He is a member of several regional and global bodies. Justice Anderson has served as President of the Seychelles Court of Appeal, Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Anti-Corruption Tribunal, is a Judge on the global Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), and a founding member of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) International Advisory Council. Justice Anderson is the father of three children: Anessa, Aleisha, and Anquan; a sports fan, especially of cricket and tennis; and has an abiding interest in philosophy as well as in the arts.