News
Supreme Court E-Litigation portal to go live
An electronic portal that will facilitate the filing and management of court cases in the jurisdiction of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court will go live in mid-November.
Caribbean Court recalls VI Magistrate, Charmaine R. Rosan-Bunbury
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI –Former Deputy Premier of the Virgin Islands (VI), Queens Council, Ms R. Dancia Penn-Sallah, on September 18, 2018—at a Special Sitting to mark the official opening of the 2018-2019 Law Year of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC)—brought the memory of the Late Magistrate, Charmaine R. Rosan-Bunbury to life.
Court of Appeal to Sit in the VI from July 10-14, 2017
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) or the Court of Appeal, which is headed by local daughter of the soil Chief Justice Dame Janice M. Pereira, will sit in the Virgin Islands jurisdiction next month.
VIslander Brittney S. Smith latest addition to the Bar
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- There has been a new addition to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) in the Virgin Islands and she is a local girl, Brittney Symone Smith.
Sir H. Bernard Eder QC appointed Visiting Judge
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Honourable Sir Henry Bernard Eder QC, a renowned English silk (Queen’s Counsel), has been appointed to act as Judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.
Lawyers challenged to improve working relationship
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - “Justice cannot be served where attorneys do not speak to each other, do not take each other’s phone calls, do not respond to correspondence in a civil manner or at all and it is in fact hampered when colleagues cannot rely on commitments made and when trust is breached.”
Chief Justice Pereira puts ‘errant’ ECSC Lawyers on blast
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC), Her Ladyship Dame Janice M. Pereira, DBE, spared no words in putting lawyers of the Virgin Islands and others in the Eastern Caribbean territory on blast during her address for the opening of the 2015-16 Law Year.
Hon Edward A. Bannister out! Hon Barry Leon in @ Commercial Court
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – At a special sitting today March 13, 2015 of the High Court (Commercial Division) of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, eminent jurists bade farewell to outgoing Justice His Lordship The Honourable Edward A. Bannister QC and welcomed his successor His Lordship The Honourable Justice Barry Leon.
Baba Aziz appointed Attorney General
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- His Excellency the Governor, after considering the advice of the Judicial and Legal Services Commission, has approved the contractual appointment of Mr. Baba Aziz to the post of Attorney General, Attorney General's Chambers effective February 10, for a period of three years.
Member States’ budget for EC Court inadequate - Dame Pereira
THE VALLEY, Anguilla – Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Dame Janice M. Pereira said budgetary allocations by member countries and Territories to the Court are woefully inadequate given the importance of the institution to economies and wants to see more contributed.