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Jamaica to ask King Charles to refer reparations for slavery issue to Privy Council
KINGSTON, Jamaica- Jamaica will ask King Charles to request legal advice on the issue of slavery reparations from the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the final court of appeal for UK overseas territories and some Commonwealth nations.
Dame Janice M. Pereira officially begins duty on Privy Council
LONDON, England, UK- Former Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) and one of the newest members to His Majesty King Charles III’s Privy Council, the Right Hon Dame Janice M. Pereira, DBE, has officially walked into the history books yet again as she attends her first case on Privy Council.
Dame Janice M. Pereira to be honoured with week-long National Celebration
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Government of the Virgin Islands has announced a week-long National Celebration in honour of the beloved daughter of the soil, The Right Honourable Dame Janice M. Pereira, DBE, on the occasion of her retirement from the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court as Chief Justice.
VI’s own Hon Dame Janice M. Pereira DBE to sit as judge on Privy Council
LONDON, England, UK- The accomplished daughter of the Virgin Islands’ soil, Hon Dame Janice M. Pereira DBE will create more history for the Virgin Islands and the Caribbean when she sits as a judge on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) in London for a week in December.
Privy Council blocks gay marriage for Cayman Islands & Bermuda
HAMILTON, Bermuda- Activists who have been advocating for same-sex marriage in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda to be legalised received a major blow today, Monday, March 14, 2022, following a ruling by a top appeals court in London.
Hon Fahie wants to know price tag for Delta Petroleum court win!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The United Kingdom Privy Council recently upheld a decision by the Court of Appeal in January 2014, which had ruled in favour of Delta Petroleum (Caribbean Ltd) in the case involving over 240,826.88 US gallons of petroleum which the Customs Department of the Virgin Islands (VI) forfeited from Delta's Pockwood Pond, Tortola facility in September 2012.
VI Gov’t was cruel to Delta Petroleum- Bevis A. Sylvester
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Speaking for the first time to local media in the Virgin Islands since the Privy Council of the United Kingdom ruled in their favour in the case against the Government of the Virgin Islands, Delta Petroleum (Caribbean) Ltd’s Regional General Manager Bevis A. Sylvester said he does not view it as a victory for his company but rather he is “sorry for the tax payers of the Territory.”
Taxpayers saddled with over $100M payouts in lawsuits against Gov’t!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Many in the media, civil society, the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Opposition and talk show hosts have accused both Governor John S. Duncan OBE and the National Democratic Party (NDP) Administration of Premier Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL) of consistent and blatant disregard for law and order, the Virgin Islands (VI) Constitution and the rights of individuals.
Delta Petroleum wins Privy Council Appeal against VI Gov't
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal (Virgin Islands) has ruled in favour of Delta Petroleum in relation to the seizure by HM Customs of Delta’s fuel storage tank No 7 at Pockwood Pond, Tortola, together with its contents (some 248,000 US gallons) on September 20, 2012.
Privy Council: St. Kitts/Nevis elections to be held on old constituency boundaries
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts and Nevis, WI - The London-based Privy Council today Thursday February 12, 2015 ruled that federal elections in St. Kitts and Nevis, on Monday February 16, shall be held on the old constituency boundaries and not on those declared by Governor- General Sir Edmund Lawrence, by Proclamation, on January 16, according to a news report online by West Indies News Network (WINN).
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