PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Courtroom of Justice (CCJ) Academy for Regulation has named 48 “distinctive Caribbean attorneys” whom it stated will probably be acknowledged as ‘Legendary Caribbean Authorized Practitioners.’
“Among the many awardees are giants of the authorized career representing historic, transitional, and modern epochs of legislation and growth within the area,” it stated, including that this would be the third installment of the Academy’s Eminent Caribbean Jurist sequence.
Amongst these named are former Barbados prime ministers Sir Grantley Adams, Sir Harold “Bree” St John, former Jamaica prime minister Norman Manley, former Trinidad and Tobago Governor Normal Sir Ellis Clarke, the primary CCJ president Michael De La Bastide and Sir Hugh Wooding, after whom the College of the West Indies (UWI) legislation faculty in Trinidad is known as.
The record additionally consists of Sir Lionel Alfred Luckhoo, Sir Fenton Ramsahoye, Professor J.O.F. Haynes of Guyana, Sir W.H. Courtenay of Belize, Sir Lee Moore of St. Kitts-Nevis and Sir Vincent Floissac of St. Lucia.
The Academy, which serves as the tutorial arm of the CCJ, created the Eminent Caribbean Jurist Awards Collection in 2019 to acknowledge and honor the contribution of Caribbean jurists to the legislation and societal growth.
It stated that the “authorized legends” had been chosen by the Regional Choice and Advisory Committee, which first met on September 27 final 12 months, and that nominations had been submitted from bar associations, judiciaries, journalists, the Council for Authorized Schooling and its legislation faculties, different legislation faculties within the area, skilled associations, and former Eminent Caribbean Jurists.
It stated 115 nominations had been acquired, from which 48 had been chosen for regional and temporal distribution.
“As a part of the mission, a quick profile was ready for every honouree by specifically chosen essayists. These profiles will probably be compiled right into a publication to memorialize the contribution of those excellent authorized practitioners to the event of legislation within the area,” the CCJ Academy stated.
The publication is anticipated to be launched and out there to the general public in January 2024. It’s hoping, as with the Academy’s earlier publications, “that highlighting the lives and work of those Caribbean authorized personalities will encourage the youthful technology of practitioners.”
The next is the whole record of awardees.
| Quantity | Nation | Identify of Awardee | Essayist |
| Bahamas | Sir Eugene Dupuch KC | Ms. Tonya Bastian Galanis | |
| Barbados | Sir Grantley Adams KC | Sir Richard L Cheltenham KA, KC, Ph.D., and Ms. Shelly-Ann Seecharan | |
| Barbados | Sir Harold “Bree” St John KC | Sir Richard L Cheltenham KA, KC, Ph.D., and Ms. Shelly-Ann Seecharan | |
| Barbados | Sir Jack Pricey KC | Mme Justice Cecily Chase | |
| Barbados | Sir Henry Forde KC | Sir David Simmonds and Justice Andrew Burgess | |
| Barbados | Sir David Simmons KC | Mr. Justice Andrew Burgess | |
| Barbados | Sir Richard Cheltenham KC | Mr. Alrick Scott KC | |
| Belize | Mr. Derek Basil Courtenay SC | Ms. Vanessa Retreage | |
| Belize | Mr. B Simeon Sampson SC | Mr. Godfrey Smith SC | |
| Belize | Sir W.H Courtenay SC | Dr. Harold A. Younger | |
| Belize | H.W Younger KC | Ms. Jacqueline Marshalleck SC | |
| Guyana | Professor JOF Haynes SC | Mr. Justice Courtney Abel | |
| Guyana | Mr. Rex McKay SC | The Honourable Chief Justice Blenman | |
| Guyana | Mr. Ashton Chase SC | Ms. Pauline Chase | |
| Guyana | Dr Mohammed Shahabudeen SC | Legal professional Normal Mr. Mohabir Nandlall SC | |
| Guyana | Sir Lionel Alfred Luckhoo SC | Mr. Edward Luckhoo SC | |
| Guyana | Sir Fenton Ramsahoye SC | Mr. C.V Satram | |
| Guyana | Mr. Clarence Hughes SC | Mr. Nigel Hughes | |
| Guyana | Dr Claude Denbow SC | Mrs. Donna Denbow | |
| Haiti | Mr Monferrier Dorval | Mr. Roberson Alphonse | |
| Jamaica | Mr. Norman Manley KC | Ms. Carol Aina and Mr. Churchill Neita | |
| Jamaica | Mr J.A.G Smith | RNA Henriques | |
| Jamaica | Mr. Vivian O. Blake KC | Mr. Walter H. Scott KC | |
| Jamaica | Mr. David Coore KC | Most Hon PJ Patterson | |
| Jamaica | Mr Justice Dennis Morrison KC | Mme Justice Hilary Phillips KC | |
| Jamaica | Mme Justice Hilary Phillips KC | Mr. Justice Patrick Anthony Brooks, OJ, CD | |
| Jamaica | Mr. Frank Phipps KC | Mr. Pearnel Charles Jr and Ms. Phipps | |
| Jamaica | Mr. Ian Ramsay KC | Chief Justice Margaret Ramsay-Corridor and Dr. Eric Ramsay | |
| Jamaica | Dr. Lloyd Barnett OJ | Mr. Justice Winston Anderson | |
| Jamaica | Dr. Kenneth Rattray KC | Mr. Douglas Leys | |
| OECS | Mr. Time H. Kendall KC | Ms. E Ann Henry KC | |
| OECS | Dr. Joseph Archibald | Mr. Sydney Bennett KC | |
| OECS | Mr. Carol Bristol | Ms. Lisa Taylor | |
| OECS | Sir Vincent Floissac | Mr. Michael Gordon KC | |
| OECS | Mr. Parnell Campbell | Ms. Mandela Campbell | |
| OECS | Sir Lee Moore KC | Dr Henry Browne KC | |
| OECS | Mme Justice Joyce Kentish-Egan | Ms Tana’ania Small Davis KC | |
| Suriname | Mr Freddy Kruisland | Dr. (Hon) Carlo Jadnanansing | |
| Suriname | Mr. Ben Halfhide | Ms. Marja Vos | |
| Suriname | Mr. Stanley Marica | Mr. Valery Pique | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Sir Hugh Wooding KC | Professor Bridget Brereton | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Sir Ellis Clarke KC | Ms. Sophia Chote SC | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Hon Mr Justice Michael de la Bastide | Mr. Simon de la Bastide | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Mr. Karl Terrence Hudson-Phillips KC | Ms. Jennifer Hudson-Phillips | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Mr. Frank Solomon SC | Mr. Daniel Solomon | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Mr. Allan J Alexander SC | Mr. David Alexander | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Mr. Desmond Allum SC | Ms. Tara Allum | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Mr. Tajmool Hosein KC | Mr. Faareez Hosein |
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