The Caribbean Courtroom of Justice (CCJ) on Tuesday confirmed the demise of Justice Jacob Wit, who final week retired from the area’s ultimate courtroom as a consequence of in poor health well being.
In an announcement, the CCJ mentioned that Justice Wit, 71, was a member of the inaugural CCJ bench in 2005 “and he diligently served till his retirement in December 2023.
“This native of the Netherlands was an eminent jurist with vast authorized experience in personal regulation, business and admiralty regulation, insurance coverage, chapter and insolvency, firm regulation and mental property, legal regulation, army regulation, administrative regulation, constitutional regulation, and worldwide human rights regulation,” the CCJ mentioned.
Previous to becoming a member of the CCJ, he adjudicated over instances in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, and the Dutch Windward Islands of Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius and Saba.
“It’s a unhappy day for the Courtroom. Justice Wit and I labored collectively since 2005 once we shaped a part of the inaugural Bench of the Courtroom. He was the lone Civil Regulation Choose on the present CCJ Bench with wealthy expertise in army regulation, administrative regulation, constitutional regulation, and worldwide human rights regulation.
“His involvement with the CCJ Academy for Regulation and his position in coordinating the Academy’s most up-to-date Biennial Convention and Regional City Corridor specializing in crime, paired together with his ardour for regional legal justice reform are recognised and deeply appreciated. I’ll definitely miss him and his contributions to the Courtroom and to the area,” mentioned CCJ President, Justice Adrian Saunders.
The CCJ described Justice Wit as “a polyglot, with fluency in a number of languages and will probably be remembered for his wit inside and out of doors of the courtroom”.
He additionally served as a Rating Member of the CCJ Academy for Regulation and was the President of the Constitutional Courtroom of Saint Maarten, a component time position. Lately, Justice Wit was the 2020 recipient of the Nederlandse Juristen Vereniging Award due to his lengthy and efficient contributions to forging and sustaining public belief within the judiciary in a turbulent surroundings.
The CCJ mentioned Justice Wit was additionally fondly regarded and extremely revered by his friends on the Bench, the Courtroom, and the whole area.
“His judgments and wealthy contribution to the work of the CCJ Academy for Regulation, will endure. The Courtroom will conduct a particular sitting and open a condolence guide to recognise the Choose’s contribution. Our sincerest condolences are prolonged to his household,” the CCJ added.
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