The Digest of Original Jurisdiction Cases

Welcome to the Digest of Original Jurisdiction Cases!

The Digest of Original Jurisdiction Cases contains summaries of the decisions issued by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in its Original Jurisdiction (OJ).  In the OJ, the CCJ decides on matters concerning the freedom of movement of people, goods, services, capital, labour/skills and the right of establishment. These summaries were developed through the collaborative effort of the CCJ and the TradeLab Clinic at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Cave Hill, Barbados. The Clinic is directed by Dr Jan Yves Remy, Director of the Shridath Ramphal Centre and Dr Ronnie Yearwood, Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the Cave Hill campus.​

In 2021, under the supervision of Dr. Remy and Mr. Claude Chase, four UWI TradeLab students from the Cave Hill Faculty of Law (namely Ms Chelsea Lawrence, Ms Mya Brathwaite, Mr James Morris and Ms Régine Mondesir) developed the summaries for the 34 OJ decisions issued by the CCJ over the period July 2008 to December 2020.

These summaries are not intended to be a substitute for the decisions of the Caribbean Court of Justice.

Feedback or questions can be sent to: casedigestfeedback@ccj.org

YearDescription
2020Mootilal Ramhit and Sons Contracting Limited v The State of Trinidad and Tobago, The Caribbean Community and  Trinidad Cement Limited [2020] CCJ 3 (OJ)
2020Rock Hard Cement Limited v The State of Barbados, The Caribbean Community and Arawak Cement Company Limited [2020] CCJ 2 (OJ)
2020Advisory Opinion of 18 March 2020 (Requested by the Caribbean Community: opt-out; non-reciprocity) [2020] CCJ 1 (OJ)
2019Trinidad Cement Limited v The State of Trinidad and Tobago, Rock Hard Distribution Limited and Mootilal Ramhit and Sons Contracting Limited; Trinidad Cement Limited and Arawak Cement Company Limited v The State of Barbados and Rock Hard Cement Limited; Rock Hard Distribution Limited v The State of Trinidad and Tobago and The Caribbean Community; Rock Hard Cement Limited v The State of Barbados and the Caribbean Community [2019] CCJ 5 (OJ) (Costs)
2019Trinidad Cement Limited v The State of Trinidad and Tobago, Rock Hard Distribution Limited and Mootilal Ramhit and Sons Contracting Limited ; and other Applications  [2019] CCJ 4 (OJ) (Merits)
2019David Bain v The State of Trinidad and Tobago  [2019] CCJ 3 (OJ)
2019Tamika Gilbert, Lynnel Gilbert, Royston Gilbert and Glennor Gilbert v The State of Barbados [2019] CCJ 2 (OJ)
2019Trinidad Cement Limited and Arawak Cement Limited v The State of Barbados and Rock Hard Cement Limited; Rock Hard Cement Limited v The State of Barbados and The Caribbean Community [2019] CCJ 1 (OJ)
2018Trinidad Cement Limited and Arawak Cement Limited v The State of Barbados and Rock Hard Cement Limited (Application for Discharge of Interim Measures) [2018] CCJ 5 (OJ)
2018Trinidad Cement Limited v The State of Trinidad and Tobago, Rock Hard Distribution Limited and Mootilal Ramhit and Sons Contracting Limited ; Trinidad Cement Limited and Arawak Cement Limited v The State of Barbados and Rock Hard Cement Limited (Merits) [2018] CCJ 4 (OJ)
2018Rock Hard Distribution Limited v The State of Trinidad and Tobago and The Caribbean Community [2018] CCJ 3 (OJ)
2018Jason Jones v Council of Legal Education, Council for Human and Social Development and Council for Trade and Economic Development [2018] CCJ 2 (OJ)
2018Trinidad Cement Limited and Arawak Cement Limited v The State of Barbados, Rock Hard Cement (Interim Measures) [2018] CCJ 1 (OJ)
2017SM Jaleel & Company Limited and Guyana Beverages Incorporated v The Co-operative Republic of Guyana [2017] CCJ 2 (OJ)
2017Cabral Douglas v The Commonwealth of Dominica [2017] CCJ 1 (OJ)
2016Maurice Tomlinson v The State of Belize; Maurice Tomlinson v The State of Trinidad and Tobago [2016] CCJ 1 (OJ) (Merits; Costs)
2014Maurice Tomlinson v The State of Belize; Maurice Tomlinson v The State of Trinidad and Tobago [2014] CCJ 2 (OJ) (Special Leave)
2014Rudisa Beverages & Juices NV and Caribbean International Distributors Incorporated v The State of Guyana [2014] CCJ 1 (OJ)
2013Shanique Myrie v The State of Barbados and The State of Jamaica [2013] CCJ 3 (OJ) (Merits)
2013Trinidad Cement Limited v The Competition Commission [2013] CCJ 2 (OJ) (Costs)
2013Shanique Myrie v The State of Barbados and The State of Jamaica [2013] CCJ 1 (OJ) (Evidence)
2012Trinidad Cement Limited v The Competition Commission [2012] CCJ 4 (OJ) (Merits)
2012Shanique Myrie v The State of Barbados [2012] CCJ 3 (OJ) (Request for Leave to intervene)
2012Hummingbird Rice Mills Limited v Suriname and The Caribbean Community [2012] CCJ 2 (OJ) (Costs)
2012Hummingbird Rice Mills Limited v Suriname and The Caribbean Community [2012] CCJ 1 (OJ) (Merits)
2011Hummingbird Rice Mills Limited v Suriname and The Caribbean Community [2011] CCJ 1 (OJ) (Special Leave)
2010Trinidad Cement Limited and TCL Guyana Incorporated v The State of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana [2010] CCJ 1 (OJ) (Contempt of Court)
2009Trinidad Cement Limited and TCL Guyana Incorporated v The State of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana [2009] CCJ 6 (OJ) (Application for Stay/Variation)
2009Trinidad Cement Limited and TCL Guyana Incorporated v The State of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana [2009] CCJ 5 (OJ) (Merit; Cost)
2009Trinidad Cement Limited v The Caribbean Community [2009] CCJ 4 (OJ) (Merits)
2009Doreen Johnson v Caribbean Centre for Development Administration [2009] CCJ 3 (OJ)
2009Trinidad Cement Limited v The Caribbean Community [2009] CCJ 2 (OJ) (Special Leave)
2009Trinidad Cement Limited and TCL Guyana Incorporated v The State of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana [2009] CCJ 1 (OJ) (Special Leave)
2008Trinidad Cement Limited and TCL Guyana Incorporated v The State of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana [2008] CCJ 1 (OJ) (Special Leave)
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