NEWLY elected President of the Caribbean Court of Justice, Sir Dennis Byron met with President Donald Ramotar yesterday for the first time since his he took up his new appointment in September last. The meeting held at Office of the President saw the two officials discussing the administration of justice in Guyana and the accession of other contracting countries to the court.
Possibilities of the court’s itinerant proceedings moving to Guyana at some point in the future were also brainstormed, according to Sir Byron who spoke briefly with the Government Information Agency (GINA) after the meeting.
Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon and Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall were also part of yesterday’s talks.
The St Kitts’ native was appointed to the post during the CARICOM Heads of Government Inter-Sessional Summit in Grenada with unanimous recommendation by the Regional and Judicial Legal Service Commission.
The CCJ functions as a dispute resolution adjudicator within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) particularly on matters relating to the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME).
It also functions as the Final Court of Appeal for British Commonwealth countries that are member states of CARICOM.
Sir Byron said Guyana, Barbados and Belize have already made full use of the provision and expressed the hope that other eligible states will join.