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Society must do more for youths in conflict with law- Chief Justice Pereira
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Chief Justice Hon Dame Janice M. Pereira, DBE has called for society to do more for persons in conflict with the law, especially youths who she says often face stigma and end up returning to a life of crime.
Chief Justice Janice M. Pereira delivers 'final' opening speech to ECSC Law Year Opening
SAINT GEORGES, Grenada – Chief Justice Hon Dame Janice M. Pereira has delivered what she said was her final speech as Chief Justice at a Special Sitting to Commemorate the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Opening of the Law Year.
Skelton-Cline names Justice Janice M. Pereira as VI’s next possible Premier
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI– After months of teasing that the next Premier of the Virgin Islands (VI) will be a woman, ‘Honestly Speaking’ talk show host Claude O. Skelton-Cline has named Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) Dame Janice M. Pereira as that person.
Disheartening! Increase in number of persons on remand– Chief Justice
CASTRIES, St Lucia- Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Her Worship Dame Janice M. Pereira has raised concerns that there are more persons being held on remand in state prisons across the region.
ECSC was ‘busy as ever’ despite COVID-19– Chief Justice
CASTRIES, St Lucia- Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) Her Worship Dame Janice M. Pereira said despite the ongoing health pandemic, the ECSC had a busy 2021.
VI’s Janice M. Pereira hailed by CCJ as Pioneering Caribbean Woman Jurist
RODNEY BAY, Saint Lucia, WI- Daughter of the [British] Virgin Islands soil the Honourable Dame Janice M. Pereira, DBE, LL.D, Chief Justice, has been recognised by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Academy for Law as a Pioneering Caribbean Woman Jurist.
CJ Pereira calls for judge-alone trials in region amid COVID-19 era
CASTRIES, St Lucia- In light of the challenges being faced by the COVID-19 pandemic, Her Ladyship, Hon Dame Janice M. Pereira has suggested judge-alone trials in courtrooms across the Eastern Caribbean.
'COVID-19 significantly hampered' court’s ability to effectively manage caseload- CJ Pereira
CASTRIES, St Lucia - Her Ladyship, Hon Dame Janice M. Pereira has bemoaned that the ongoing Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic has, to a large extent, affected the courts in the Eastern Caribbean in managing its caseload.
Court quashes appeal by attempted murder convict Jevone Demming
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Her Ladyship, The Honourable Justice Janice M. Pereira, DBE, has quashed the appeal and upheld the Virgin Islands High Court ruling in the matter against attempted murder convict Jevone Demming.
‘Provide more than lip service to the courts’- CJ Pereira to gov’ts
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Virgin Islander and Chief Justice (CJ) of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC), Her Ladyship, The Honourable Dame Janice M. Pereira, DBE, has continued her call on governments of member states and territories to do more than just lip service to the ECSC but rather to put their money where their mouths are.
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