The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) will on March 22, 2019 convene a special sitting of the Judicature in “in honour of his Lordship,” the Honourable, Justice (rtd) Albert Redhead. Photo: VINO/File

Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in Road Town, Tortola. Photo: VINO/File

Justice Redhead—a retired ECSC Judge—passed away on March 4, 2019, last.

The special sitting will be held at the High Court of Justice, St John’s Antigua and Barbuda.

Justice Albert Redhead died less than three years after his retirement from the bench.

The 77 year-old Former High and Appeals Court Judge served more than 31 years on the bench across the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States and under the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.

Justice Redhead is described as highly respected in the judiciary and presided over many precedent-setting cases.

Interrment

Justice (rtd) Redhead will be interred at the St Georges Cemetery following a funeral Service on March 26,^, 2019.

The Grenadian Judicial Officer in 1974 moved to Saint Kitts and Nevis, where he began working as a Crown Counsel.

In 1975, he became Registrar of the Saint Kitts and Nevis courts and also served as a magistrate of the courts. In 1980, he became the Director of Public Prosecutions for Saint Kitts and Nevis.

In 1985, the Judicial and Legal Services Commission of the Caribbean Community appointed Redhead to be a High Court Judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.

In 1997, he became an Appeals Court Judge of the same court.

Since retiring from the Court in 2003, he was twice re-appointed as an Acting High Court Judge of the Court: from 2004 to 2006 and he was again appointed in 2007.

As a High Court Judge, Redhead was assigned to reside in and hear cases from a number of countries, including Saint Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, Anguilla, and Saint Lucia. His most recent appointment was to reside in and hear cases from the Virgin Islands.