REGIONAL JUDICIAL AND LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION

APPLICATION FORM
JUDGE OF
THE CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE

This form may be completed in one of the following ways:

  1. it may be downloaded, printed out and then completed,
  2. it may be filled out online and then printed, or
  3. it may be completed online and submitted online.

If option 1. or  2. is used, it must be delivered either by hard copy to
The Secretary,
Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission
134 Henry Street
Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago

 or by fax to The Secretary, RJLSC:   (868) 625-4004. 

If an application is faxed, it is not deemed to be received until it has been acknowledged by return fax from the Secretary to the Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission.

If it is submitted online (option 3), it is not deemed to be received until it has been acknowledged by return e-mail to the e-mail address which you have given for that purpose.

If option 1 is used, the off-line completion form (FORM 1) must be used

If option 2 is used, the online completion form (FORM 2) must be used.  The completed document must then be printed out and sent to the Secretary to the Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission.  If extra space is needed to answer any question, extra sheets of paper bearing the relevant section and question numbers may be used.

If option 3 is used, the online submission form (FORM 3) must be used.  If extra space is needed to answer any questions, please compile all additional material into a single MS Word or PDF file in which the relevant section and question number is used to identify the question to which it relates.

The form is separated into the following sections:

  1. Personal Details
  2. Contact Information
  3. Education and Professional History
  4. Judicial Experience
  5. General
  6. I    Character
    II   Disclosure
    III  References
    IV  Attachments
    1. Additional relevant information
  7. Declaration
 

APPLICATION FORM

JUDGE OF
THE CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE

   
Required fields are marked with *
Section A - Personal and Primary Information
   
Name of post applied for *
Title * Ms Professor Other
Last Name *
All Names *
Decorations
Date of Birth (yyyy-mm-dd) *
Nationality * 1
  2
  3
Country of Residence *
 
1. Business Address
Telephone
Fax Number
E-mail Address
   
2. Home Address
Telephone
Fax Number
E-mail Address
   
3. Mailing Address (if different)
   
4. Please indicate the address to be used for correspondence relating to this application
  Business Home Mailing Address
   
5. Please indicate the telephone numbers to be used to contact you relating to this application
Telephone
FAX
   
6. Please indicate the e-mail address to be used to contact you about this application
E-mail
Please indicate whether you are a serving or former judicial officer and your appropriate status:
Former Justice of Appeal Serving Justice of Appeal
Former Judge Serving Judge
Teacher of Law Queen's Counsel
Barrister Attorney-at-Law
Solicitor Other
Section B - Education and Professional History
   
1. Further and/or Higher Education    
     
College and/or Universities Attended and Address[es] Dates Attended Degrees/diplomas/Certificates Awarded (please state class if any)

2. Professional/ Legal Training
     
Institution[s] Attended and Address[es] Date Attended Degrees/diplomas/Certificates Awarded (please state class if any)

3. Admission to the Bar
   
Date Place of call
Year Silk Taken
[if applicable]

4. Other Training [if applicable], Give Details
   
Date Training

5. Professional Experience
Please give details of your relevant professional experience since being called to the Bar, starting with the most recent.

Please include dates, addresses [including where appropriate, the name of the Head of Chambers]. Please include under ‘Particulars’ whether the type of work done included litigation and/or litigation management.
     
Dates Chambers, Firm or other Organisations and Address Particulars

6. Positions of Leadership Held
 
Section C - Judicial Experience
1. Do you now hold, or have you held in the past, any judicial appointment? Yes No
Please state position(s), date(s) of appointment and period(s) of service
2. If you currently hold a judicial position, please state the court(s) where you now preside and the duration of your appointment?
 
3. Please state any location(s) where you have sat in the last 3 years and the court(s) over which you have presided during that time?
 
4. If you hold or have held any judicial appointment, please describe the work you have done as a holder of judicial office, and the jurisdictions exercised?
 

Section D - General
A. Character  
1. Have you ever been convicted of, or cautioned in relation to any criminal offence?
Yes No Please give details  
2. Have you ever had proceedings brought against you, or are there any such proceedings pending?
Yes No Please give details  
3. Have you ever been adjudged bankrupt, made a compostition with your creditors, or been sued to judgment for any debt, or are any such proceedings pending?
Yes No Please give details  
4. Have you ever had an action brought against you for professional negligence without the matter being dismissed, or are any such proceedings pending? If any such action has been brought or is pending against your firm in respect of a matter under your supervision, please answer 'Yes'.
Yes No Please give details  
5.Are you, or have you ever been subject to disciplinary proceedings of the Bar in respect of complaints regarding a matter involving you personally or under your supervision, without the matter having been dismissed, or are any such proceedings pending?
Yes No Please give details  
6. Please supply any additional information which you consider relevant to your suitability for appointment.
 

B. Referees
You may include here the names and addresses of up to three members of the judiciary and/or the legal profession who you consider will be able to comment onyour qualities and experience. (The arrangements for consultation are outlined in the Guide for Applicants.)
Name Status Address

C. If you wish to attach your CV click on the "Browse" button below. You may then browse and select the appropriate file in Microsoft Word or PDF format which you wish to attach and attach it by clicking "Open".
Attach CV:  
 
If you wish to attach a file containing any further information, please click on the “Browse” button below. You may then browse and select the appropriate file in Microsoft Word or in PDF format which you wish to attach and attach it by clicking "Open". 
Attach File:  

D. Declaration *

I declare that the statements made by me in this application form are true in every detail.  I understand that a false declaration would constitute grounds for terminating my appointment as Deputy Registrar and Deputy Marshal

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I so declare I do not so declare 
   
Date: