Justice Smith Out! Justice Ward In- as new High Court Judge
Smith is being replaced by Trinidadian, His Lordship, Justice Trevor Ward Q.C, a notice on the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court’s website has said.
Justice Smith will be appointed to Antigua and Barbuda at the commencement of the New Year, January 1, 2020.
Controversial court rulings
Justice Smith, a Jamaica national, has undoubtedly left her mark in the Territory with her controversial court rulings.
There was much public debate when she sentenced Lennox F. Da Silva under seven years for murdering his wife Sherika Nelson-Da Silva on Saturday, June 10, 2017, in the presence of their young children.
There were also public criticims when she sentenced Belle Vue resident, talented basketball player and former employee with the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), Shamoii A. Dagou to 26 months for looting a flat-screen television in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.
Justice Smith was first appointed to the Virgin Islands by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission on February 15, 2018.
Meanwhile, the incoming Justice Ward will commence work on January 11, 2020.
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9 Responses to “Justice Smith Out! Justice Ward In- as new High Court Judge”
Congratulations, Mr. Thompson. You have been a very good defence lawyer, always giving your clients your very best in Court, and we know that you will continue in that trend now you have been elevated to the Bench.
Congrats again, Sir.