Law professor criticizes Jamaica and T&T

Senior law professor at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Simeon McIntosh, has criticized the reluctance of both Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica to become full-fledged members of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).



Professor McIntosh was reacting to statements made by Prime Ministers Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Bruce Golding which he said suggest that the two leaders do not favour the CCJ as the region’s final appellate tribunal.



Both Golding and Persad-Bissessar have not placed high priority on becoming full members of the CCJ.



Only Barbados, Guyana and Belize are full members of the CCJ which was established in 2001 to replace the London-based Privy Council as the region’s final court of appeal.