Category: Law & Justice

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Barbados’ Mia Mottley Defends Reparations Push, Dismisses UK Criticism as Global Debate Intensifies

07/15/2026 by TDN Staff Writer

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has forcefully defended the Caribbean’s campaign for reparations for slavery, rejecting criticism from some British politicians and insisting that the movement is rooted in justice rather than financial compensation or political symbolism. Speaking in her capacity as chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Prime Ministerial Subcommittee on Reparations, Mottley […]

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Citizens File Legal Challenge to Halt General Elections in Dominica: Calls for a for a Stay of Future Elections Until the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Dominica and Electoral Laws are enforced and Complied with.

05/27/2025 by TDN Radio Caribbean

May 27th, 2025, Roseau, DOMINICA Concerned Citizens announces to the Dominican public and the wider Caribbean community the filing of a Re-Amended Fixed Date Claim Form (DOMHCV of 2024) has been officially filed on May 8, 2025 with the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in the High Court of Justice in the Commonwealth of Dominica. The […]

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CCJ Reopens Tasker Case

12/07/2023 by TDN Radio Caribbean

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Today, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) reopened its previous decision to refuse special permission to appeal and allowed the appeal of Mr Alex Tasker. In September 2021, Mr Tasker was committed by a Magistrate to surrender to the authorities of the United States of America to face money […]

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CCJ and CARICOM Secretariat Formalise MOU

03/27/2023 by TDN Radio Caribbean

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat aimed at improving access and delivery of justice in the Caribbean region.

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CCJ Dismisses Claims by British American Policyholders

03/09/2023 by TDN Radio Caribbean

The Claimants, who were nationals of and institutions established in Antigua and Barbuda and Grenada, argued that the measures taken by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago by its intervention in and assistance to CL Financial and its subsidiaries, CLICO Investment Bank Limited, Colonial Life Insurance Company (Trinidad) Limited and British American Insurance Company (Trinidad) Limited were discriminatory and breached Articles 7, 36, 37 and 38 of the Revised Treaty.

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CCJ Agrees Petitioners Have No Right of Appeal

07/06/2022 by TDN Radio Caribbean

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. On 5 July, the Caribbean Court of Justice(CCJ) dismissed an application for special leave to appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in the Dominican case of Cuffy and Others v Skerrit and Others[2022] CCJ 12 (AJ) DM. The CCJ agreed […]

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CCJ Accepted into the International Consortium for Court Excellence

02/16/2022 by TDN Radio Caribbean

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.  The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has become the first court in the region to be accepted into the prestigious International Consortium for Court Excellence (ICCE). The ICCE is an international network of courts and other organisations with expertise in court and judicial administration, dedicated to ensuring high-quality service delivery. […]

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CCJ Finds Males Can Be Raped

02/01/2022 by TDN Radio Caribbean

In a judgment released today, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in its Appellate Jurisdiction, allowed the appeal of the Commissioner of Police, in the matter of Commissioner of Police v Stephen Alleyne [2022] CCJ 2 (AJ) BB. The CCJ has found that in Barbados the law permits a man to be charged for the rape of another man.