Regional Bar Associations should promote CCJ more – St Kitts and Nevis Governor-General

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (WINN) — St. Kitts and Nevis Governor-General Sir Samuel Tapley Seaton believes that Regional Bar Associations have dropped the ball on promoting the merits of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

Seaton made the remarks while participating in a discussion on the CCJ at the two-day, 15th conference of presidents and governors-general that wrapped up in Antigua and Barbuda on Thursday.

“The position is quite clear that there has not been adequate distilling of the news by the respective bar associations. As a former president of the OECS Bar Association, I know the difficulties that we have had many years ago, from the inception of the court. We advocated that the CCJ should become the final appellate court for all of our jurisdictions. We thought that we would do it en bloc, in terms of the OECS courts, but that has not been successful,” he said.

Read more at: Caribbean News Now