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Papers and Presentations

Speeches by the Judges and Administrators of the CCJ. 

Title
Date
Author
Occasion
Size
The Utility of Flexible Private Trusts and Foundations within CARICOM 18 August
2008
Honourable Mr. Justice Hayton JCCJ Caribbean Commercial Law Workshop (Faculty of Law, UWI), Hyatt Regency Hotel, Port of Spain pdf
144kb
A Review of Current Trust Law Issues 23 June
2008
Honourable Mr. Justice Hayton JCCJ XXIII Annual Conference on Transcontinental Trusts, Geneva, Switzerland pdf
103kb
Progress in the Caribbean Region on Commitment to Children’s Rights 17 March 2008 Honourable Mme. Justice Bernard JCCJ

Special Meeting on Children of the Council of  Human and Social Development (COHSOD), Georgetown, Guyana

pdf 187kb
The Caribbean Court of Justice: Who Stands to Gain 13 March 2008 Honourable Mr. Justice Pollard JCCJ Fifteenth Public Lecture of Management Institute for National Development (MIND) , Knutsford Court Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica pdf 189kb
Graduation Address 05 November 2007 Honourable Mme. Justice Bernard JCCJ

Annual Graduation Ceremony of the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago

pdf 23kb
The Caribbean Court of Justice as a Regional Court 05 October 2007 Rt. Hon. Mr. Justice Michael de la Bastide, PCCJ 1st Meeting of International and Regional Courts of Justice, Managua, Nicaragua pdf
28kb
The Caribbean Court of Justice and the Legal Profession: Promoting our Caribbean Jurisprudence 21 September 2007 Hon. Mr. Justice Saunders, JCCJ Address to the OECS Bar Association, St. George’s, Grenada pdf 49kb
Fostering a Culture for Respect for Human Rights within the Judicial Systems of the Commonwealth Caribbean 10 September 2007 Honourable Mme. Justice Bernard JCCJ XV Commonwealth Law Conference, Nairobi, Kenya

pdf
82kb

Links between Business and the Caribbean Court of Justice 16 May 2007 Rt. Hon. Mr. Justice Michael de la Bastide, PCCJ South Trinidad Chamber of Industry & Commerce Luncheon, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Port of Spain pdf 36kb
Witness Statements and the New Civil Procedure Rules 20 March 2007 Hon. Mr. Justice Saunders, JCCJ Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago Seminar on Witness Statements, at the Hall of Justice, Knox Street, Port of Spain
pdf 103kb
The Role of the CCJ in the Caricom Single Market and Economy 24 February 2007

Rt. Hon. Mr. Justice Michael de la Bastide, PCCJ

Annual Dinner of the Georgetown Rotary Club, Georgetown, Guyana pdf 33kb
The Caribbean Court of Justice: Precedents, Human Rights and Incrementalism 07 February 2007 Honourable Mr. Justice Hayton JCCJ The Caribbean Court of Justice: Precedents, Human Rights and Incrementalism pdf 67kb
Remarks made on the occasion of the book launching of Dr. Rajendra Ramlogan’s Judicial Review in the Commonwealth  Caribbean. 11 December 2006. Hon. Mme. Justice Bernard, JCCJ University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago pdf 75kb
Confronting Gender-Based Violence in the Caribbean. 29 November 2006 Hon. Mme. Justice Bernard, JCCJ Fifth Biennial Lucille Mathurin Mair Public Lecture; University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, pdf 108kb
Advances Made on Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights in the Caribbean Region. 10 November 2006 Hon. Mme Justice Bernard, JCCJ 60th Anniversary Commemoration of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women;  UN Headquarters, New York, pdf 60kb
International Law and the Protection of Small Caricom States; 01 November, 2006. Hon. Mr. Justice Pollard, JCCJ Introductory Program for Diplomats, FHR Institute for Social Studies, Paramaribo, Suriname; pdf 230kb
The CCJ and the CSME; 24 May 2006 Hon. Mr. Justice Pollard, JCCJ CSME Business Forum, St. John’s, Antigua & Barbuda pdf 80kb
The Caribbean Court of Justice and its Relationship with the Caricom Single Market. 05 May 2006 Hon. Mme. Justice Bernard, JCCJ Olive Trotman Memorial Lecture Series, Barbados pdf 77kb
Judicial Supervision of Executive Action in the Caribbean. 31 March 2006 Rt. Hon. Mr. Justice Michael de la Bastide, PCCJ Telford Georges Memorial Lecture; Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies (Cave Hill), Barbados pdf 75kb

The CSME: Is this a rebirth of Federation? 

09 March 2006 Hon. Mr. Justice Saunders, JCCJ Norman Manley Law School, Jamaica pdf 51kb
New Final Appellate Courts in the Commonwealth and the Doctrine of Precedent. 20-24 February 2006 & 27 February-2 March 2006 The Honourable Mr. Justice Nelson, JCCJ Commonwealth Meeting of Justices and Registrars of First/Regional Appellate Courts; Wellington, New Zealand and Canberra, Australia pdf 173kb

The Role of the Caribbean Court Of Justice (CCJ) in the Private Sector's Life.

04 February 2006 Hon. Mr. Justice Wit, JCCJ Regional Manufacturers' Meeting; Trinidad & Tobago pdf 38kb

The Role of the Caribbean Court of Justice: An Overview

03 February 2006 Hon. Mr. Justice Hayton, JCCJ Conference of Society of Trusts & Estates, Barbados pdf 140kb

The Promotion and Enforcement of Women's Human Rights Within the Judicial Systems of the Caribbean.

18 November 2005 Hon. Mme. Justice Bernard, JCCJ University of the West Indies (Cave Hill), Barbados pdf 97kb

The Administration of Justice in Montserrat and the Impact of the Volcanic Activity.

03 November 2005 Hon. Mr. Justice Saunders, JCCJ Annual Police Week of Activities; Montserrat pdf 113kb

Gender and the Law: Strategies to Combat Violence Against Women.

26 September 2005 Hon. Mme. Justice Bernard, JCCJ Ministry of Community Development, Culture and Gender Affairs Distinguished Lecture and Workshop Series; Trinidad & Tobago pdf 67kb

The Impact of Corruption Within the Court System on its Ability to Administer Justice.

14 September 2005 Hon. Mme. Justice Bernard, JCCJ XIV Commonwealth Law Conference; London, England pdf 120kb

Caseflow Management in a Unified Family Court: A Caribbean Experiment.

13 September 2005 Rt. Hon. Mr. Justice Michael de la Bastide, PCCJ XIV Commonwealth Law Conference; London, England pdf 85kb

The Caribbean Court of Justice and the Caricom Single Market and Economy.

01 September 2005 Hon. Mr. Justice Nelson, JCCJ Caribbean Commercial Law Workshop of the University of the West Indies; Loews Hotel, South Beach, Florida pdf 123kb

Acceptance Speech. Caricom Triennial Award for Women;

July 2005 Hon. Mme. Justice Bernard, JCCJ St. Lucia pdf 38kb
The Role of the Caribbean Court of Justice in the Caribbean Single Market and Economy. 5 May 2005 The Rt. Hon. Mr. Justice Michael de la Bastide, PCCJ Central Bank of Barbados: Conference on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy: “Toward  CSME  and  Beyond”, Barbados, pdf 105kb

Articles

Unincorporated Treaties and Small States by Mr Justice Pollard in the Commonwealth Law Bulletin.

Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) trade row power kicks in (Jamaica Gleaner online)

Paper by High Rawlins on "The CCJ - History and Analysis" - .pdf 166kb

The Administrative and Financial Stability of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) by Douglas Leys, General Counsel Caribbean Development Bank - .pdf 37kb

UWI Professor calls for increased public education on CCJ and CSME -11th Dec 2003 -.pdf 16kb

Proposed Code of Judicial Conduct - .pdf 14kb

"CCJ WILL MARK END TO LINKS WITH COLONIAL PAST" - COORE - .pdf 15kb

Draft Enabling Bill to Implement the Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice - .pdf 26kb

CCJ Financing Interests Other Courts (28/04/05) - .pdf 15kb

CMC News Bulletin (15/04/05) - CCJ President says Inauguration of Regional Court vital to caribbean independence - .pdf 15kb

CMC News Bulletin (06/04/05) - Jamaica in race to meet April 16 CCJ Inauguration - .pdf 15kb

Antigua & Barbuda deposits CCJ Instruments with CARICOM Secretariat - .pdf 14kb

Statement by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice to the Senate on Friday, April 30, 2004- .pdf 16kb

Statement by the Minister of Justice concerning Legislation Establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice- .pdf 46kb

The Caribbean Court of Justice Logo and Seal Competition- .pdf 22kb

Matrix of Instruments relating to the Court and Trust Fund as at 02/12/04 - .pdf 20kb (updated 2005)

"NO TIME FOR PANIC" Says Jamaican Justice Minister - .pdf 15kb

Prime Minister Patterson firm on the Establishment of CCJ - .pdf 16kb

Securing the Independence of the Court and Commissions - Protocol on Priveleges and Immunities and Headquarters Agreement - .pdf 35kb

Statement by the Prime Minister of Jamaica on the Privy Council decision in the Litigation concerning the Caribbean Court of Justice - .pdf 15kb

The Caribbean Court of Justice: An Imminent Forethought: By Tecla Fontenard - .pdf 18kb

Papers

Bridging the Divide: the interface between the Civil Law system and the Common Law system, with specific reference to the role of the Caribbean Court of Justice. Symposium on “The Caribbean Court of Justice” for Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago, 31 October 2003; Paramaribo. Dr. H. R. Lim A Po - .pdf 141kb

Address by the Right Honourable Owen Arthur,  Prime Minister of Barbados, at Caribbean Connect: a High-level Symposium on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy; Sherbourne Conference Centre (Barbados) 28 June 2006.- .pdf 28kb

The Caribbean Court Of Justice (CCJ): Challenge And Response - .pdf 154kb

Establishment of the CCJ, its effects on Intellectual Property Rights and Trade Law - .pdf 26kb

Every effort made to insulate CCJ from Political Influence - .pdf 15kb

Public Confidence and the Role of the Media (16/05/02) - .pdf 55kb

The Caribbean Court of Justice: Enhancing the law of International Organizations - Sheldon A. McDonald- .pdf 281kb

Regional Symposium on the Establishment of the Caribbean
Court of Justice:The Effect on Intellectual Property and International Trade April 18-20, 2004- .pdf 44kb

“The Legal Impact of the CCJ on Fostering International Trade and Harnessing Regional IPR”- .pdf 26kb

Looking Ahead: The Future of the Caribbean Region and the CCJ (April 20, 2004) by Karen D. Turner- .pdf 38kb

The Original Jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice and its role in the successful Implementation of the CSME- .pdf 39kb

THE ORIGINAL JURISDICTION OF THE CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE by Duke E.E. Pollard (18 – 19 August 2003) - .pdf 169kb

Overview of the Rules of the Court of the CCJ (Appellate Jurisdiction) - .pdf 16kb

The Caribbean Court of Justice in Regional Economic Development by Duke Pollard, Legal Consultant - .pdf 58kb

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