PRESIDENT David Granger was yesterday paid a courtesy call by President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Sir Dennis Byron, at the Ministry of the Presidency.In a brief comment after the meeting, Sir Byron said it is a protocol requirement for him, as Head of the CCJ, to visit countries that have acceded to the Court’s appellate jurisdiction when those

countries have elected a new Head of State.

He also disclosed that during his meeting with President Granger, a number of issues were discussed regarding the Caribbean region and the CCJ in particular.

Sir Byron, a Kittitian by birth, is the second person to be appointed to the Office of President of the CCJ. He was sworn in in September 2011. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, and was appointed a member of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council in 2004.