Justice Jacob Wit has retired from the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court docket of Justice (CCJ) as a result of in poor health well being, in keeping with a press release issued by the Court docket.
Justice Wit was a member of the Court docket’s inaugural Bench in 2005 and served for 18 years; “nevertheless, since October 2023, his well being has been impacted,” the CCJ stated.
“It is a unhappy day for the Court docket, particularly since Justice Wit and I fashioned a part of the inaugural Bench of the Court docket. He was the lone Civil Legislation Decide on the present CCJ Bench with wealthy expertise in army legislation, administrative legislation, constitutional legislation, and worldwide human rights legislation,” stated CCJ President, Justice Adrian Saunders.
“His involvement with the CCJ Academy for Legislation and his position in coordinating the Academy’s most up-to-date Biennial Convention and Regional City Corridor specializing in crime are recognised and deeply appreciated. I’ll actually miss him and his contributions,” he added.
The CCJ, which was established in 2001to exchange the London-based Privy Council because the area’s ultimate and highest court docket, stated it’s hopeful that Justice Wit “ recovers and enjoys his retirement, after an extended and meritorious profession which spanned shut to 5 a long time”.
Justice Wit, 71, was born in Haarlemmermeer, The Netherlands. Hegraduated from the Vrije Universiteit (Free College) of Amsterdam with a Grasp of Legal guidelines diploma with honours in 1977 earlier than becoming a member of the Royal Dutch Navy.
Justice Wit was appointed by Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands as Deputy Decide of the Rotterdam District Court docket in January 1984, Decide of the Rotterdam District Court docket in March 1985 and Decide of the Joint Court docket of Justice of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba on 1 October 1986. This Court docket consists of a number of Courts of First Occasion in Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and a Court docket of Attraction.
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