Acting Chief Justice Mario Michel opened the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court’s 2025 law year on Friday in St. Lucia, highlighting the recent implementation of the e-litigation portal in all member …
January 20, 2025
October 31, 2024
Dame Janice honoured for a week
Last Thursday morning, attorneys, judges and Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley followed Dame Janice Pereira and a police honour guard to the Multi-purpose Sports Complex for a special sitting of …
March 29, 2024
Criminal filings launched on digital court platform
In 2023, the Magistrates’ Court saw 229 new criminal matters, 233 traffic matters and 26 juvenile matters, according to Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards. “If these trends continue, we expect to …
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January 29, 2024
EDITORIAL: Justice Pereira leaves a big legacy
The recent ceremony opening the new law year marked both the beginning of the annual cycle of justice administration and the waning days of Chief Justice Dame Janice Pereira’s tenure. …
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January 19, 2024
Chief justice opens her final law year
Chief Justice Dame Janice Pereira opened her final law year on Friday during a ceremony in Grenada, speaking about the importance of a continued commitment to technological advancements and justice …
January 13, 2022
Dame Janice opens law year for last time
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 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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