CCJ gets regional vote of confidence amid controversy

Se­nior Po­lit­i­cal Re­porter

Heads of Ju­di­cia­ry from sev­en ju­ris­dic­tions that sub­scribe to the Caribbean Court of Jus­tice (CCJ), along with the Or­gan­i­sa­tion of East­ern Caribbean States (OECS) Bar As­so­ci­a­tion and the Or­gan­i­sa­tion of Com­mon­wealth Caribbean Bar As­so­ci­a­tions (OC­C­BA), have ex­pressed con­fi­dence in the re­gion­al court, fol­low­ing re­ports of al­leged is­sues con­cern­ing its in­ter­nal ad­min­is­tra­tion.

In a joint state­ment yes­ter­day, the Heads of Ju­di­cia­ry ac­knowl­edged re­cent pub­lic re­ports con­cern­ing in­ter­nal cor­re­spon­dence and mat­ters re­lat­ing to the CCJ’s ad­min­is­tra­tion and func­tion­ing.