One Chairman of the Judicial Services Commission of a Contracting Party selected in rotation in the English alphabetical order for a period of three years, St. Lucia– [Article V.1 (c)]
His Lordship, the Honourable Justice Mario Michel is a graduate of the Faculty of Law of the University of the West Indies and the Hugh Wooding Law School. His Lordship was called to the Bar in St. Lucia in October 1984 and entered into private practice, initially with a law firm, then from January 1986 on his own. In 1990 he established the law firm of Michel & Company, which he headed until May 1997 when he discontinued his legal practice to serve in Government as a Parliamentary Representative and Minister of Government. In his 13 years in private practice between 1984 and 1997, His Lordship was very active in civil society, becoming the founding president of the St. Lucia National Youth Council in 1985, president of the St. Lucia Guild of Graduates in 1991 and president of the St. Lucia Bar Association in 1996.His Lordship returned to private practice as an Attorney-at-Law in January 2007, but was called to judicial service in February 2009, serving as an acting high court judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court from 1st February to 31st August 2009. On 1st September 2009, he was appointed as a high court judge and was elevated to the court of appeal in September 2012. On 5th May 2024, His Lordship was appointed as Chief Justice (Ag.) of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.