Dame Janice Pereira, who is starting her 10th and final year of serving as chief justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, virtually opened a new law year on Jan. …
January 13, 2022
January 22, 2021
In pandemic, technology called central to court’s future
Speaking at a special virtual sitting to mark the commencement of the 2021 law year, Dame Janice Pereira, chief justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, said the Covid-19 pandemic …
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May 28, 2020
Dawn Smith named new attorney general
Virgin Islander Dawn Smith will serve as the territory’s new attorney general, Governor Gus Jaspert announced last Thursday during a press conference. Ms. Smith, an attorney with more than two …
September 30, 2019
Court using new sentencing guidelines
As Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste-DaBreo considered a minor drug offence on Tuesday, she applied new sentencing guidelines launched last week by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Ms. Baptiste-DaBreo then sentenced 21-year-old …
September 26, 2018
Better sentencing guidelines and online platform: Court rolls out new programmes
This article originally appeared in the Beacon’s Sept. 20 print edition. On Tuesday, government officials and members of the judiciary gathered at the Supreme Court to mark the opening of …
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