B. St. Michael Hylton, KC is an Attorney-at-Law who has practiced throughout the region at both the private and public bar. He was Solicitor General of Jamaica from 2001 until he retired in 2007 to start his own firm. In 2016 Mr Hylton was appointed as a Commissioner of the …

Bevil Wooding is an internationally recognized development strategist and a pioneer in digital justice innovation. As Executive Director of the Caribbean Agency for Justice Solutions, he has led the design and implementation of technology-based approaches to justice modernization across the region for the past decade. He has worked closely with …

Dr. Asya Ostroukh is a tenured Senior Lecturer at Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies in Barbados where she teaches Jurisprudence, Comparative Law, the Law of Real Property and Advanced Legal Writing. Asya Ostroukh received her PhD. in law in the area of comparative legal history …

Justin is a Tenured Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies, St Augustine. Prior to joining UWI, Justin was a Visiting Lecturer at King’s College London and a Teaching Fellow at University College London (UCL). Justin obtained his LLB from the University of Kent in …

Dr. Kenny D. Anthony is an Attorney-at-Law and former Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, serving three terms: 1997– 2001; 2001- 2006; and 2011–2016. He is a graduate of the University of the West Indies (UWI), holding a B.Sc (1976), an LLB (1983), an LL.M (1986), and a Doctorate in Law …

Mikael Rask Madsen is professor of European Law and Integration, at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen and the founder and director of iCourts, Centre of Excellence for International Courts, also at the University of Copenhagen. Trained as both a lawyer and sociologists, his research focuses on international law and …

Dr. Patrick Antoine is an Economist, and First-Class honours graduate in Economics from the University of the West Indies and Master’s and Doctoral Degrees in Economics, from the University of Florida, with specializations in International Trade Theory and Policy, Econometrics and Macro-Economics. Dr. Antoine possesses over thirty (30) years of …

Salvatore Caserta: Associate Professor of Sociology of Law and International Law and the Faculty of Law of the University of Copenhagen. His research examines the authority of international courts, showing how it emerges not only from formal powers but from their ability to embed practices within broader socio-political contexts. Building …

Dr Sharon Le Gall is a Senior Legal Consultant, with over twenty-five years of professional experience. She has been engaged in many capacities such as Project Consultant, Administrator, and Technical Expert by international and regional organizations such as the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (which is the UN specialized body …

Dr Taimoon Stewart is a Consultant in Competition Law and Policy with a PhD. in International Relations from the University of the West Indies (UWI). She is an Adjunct Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Cave Hill Campus, UWI where she teaches two courses in the new offering of a …

Dr Timothy Affonso is an attorney-at-law with almost 20 years’ experience. He is a former State Prosecutor; extradition attorney, foreign affairs attorney and civil litigator. He is a national scholarship winner and a Chevening Scholar. He has a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of the West Indies, Cave …

Francesca Hawkins is a media professional based in Trinidad and Tobago with experience across journalism, film production, and communications. Her career includes roles as a news anchor, on-air presenter and producer for television and radio, as well as work on documentary films. She has served as President of the Media …

Gabrielle Elliott-Williams, BSc. (UWI), LL.B. (UWI), LL.M. (Cantab) is a lecturer in the Faculty of Law at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus. Her research and publications focus on constitutional law, public international law and the Caribbean Court of Justice. Relevantly, her work explores the CCJ’s role …

Ms Gabrielle Figaro-Jones is an Attorney at Law with diverse legal and managerial experience across the public and private sectors. She holds a Master of Laws degree in Professional Practice with a concentration in Human Rights Law and currently serves as the Registrar and Chief Marshal of the Caribbean Court …

Gladys Young is an Assistant General Counsel at the Caribbean Community Secretariat and an expert in CARICOM integration. With over two decades of experience in international law, development and policy, her areas of expertise include treaty negotiation, governance and business facilitation. Gladys advises the Secretariat and Community Organs on complex …

Guillermo Lagarda, Anti-Money Laundering and Integrity Specialist in the Institutional Capacity of the State Division of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Dr. Guillermo Lagarda Cuevas is a leading economist dedicated to strengthening global financial integrity. His experience spans anti-money laundering (AML), illicit finance prevention, and public sector transparency. In his current role, he leads …

Senator the Honourable Garth Lucien Wilkin serves as Attorney-General and Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Since his appointment in 2022, he has led the passage of more than 80 new laws, advancing major innovative reforms in criminal justice, sustainable development, governance, financial regulation and …

Arif Bulkan is a Justice of Appeal on the Court of Appeal of Belize and is also a Commissioner on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Prior to that he lectured in the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies, first at the Cave Hill Campus and …

Justice Gillian Lucky was appointed a High Court Judge in 2014 and currently sits in the Court of Appeal. Justice Lucky previously served as a Senior State Counsel in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), a Government Minister, Opposition Member of Parliament (MP), and member of the …

Honourable Chief Justice Louise Esther Blenman is a distinguished Caribbean jurist with over twenty-two years’ experience as a Judge. In September 2022, she was appointed Chief Justice of Belize. She served for nineteen years on the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, nine years as a High Court Judge and ten years …

The Honourable Madame Justice Chantal Ononaiwu took the oath of office as a Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice on 29 October 2024. She has specialist expertise in Caribbean Community Law and International Law, including International Trade Law, and varied legal experience as an adjudicator, litigator, legal advisor and …

Justice Maureen Rajnauth-Lee, a Caribbean Court of Justice Judge since 2015, is a certified Mediator, and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. She is a founding member and former Vice-President of the Caribbean and Trinidad and Tobago Associations of Women Judges, and serves as their Patron. She has chaired …

Sabitadevie Sandra GangadinNanhoe, born on March 13th, 1973, in Paramaribo, Suriname, got married in 1998. She began her career in 1998 at the Ministry of Health Suriname where she worked until 2010, coordinating bilateral and multilateral programs and International Relations of afore mentioned ministry. In January 2010 she switched to …

Mohabir Anil Nandlall SC is the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana. He is also the Secretary to the Defence Board of Guyana, Chairman of the Guyana Law Revision Commission, Chairman of Guyana’s AML/CFT/CPF National Coordinating Committee and member of the Constitutional Reform …

Justice Chile Eboe-Osuji was sworn in as a judge of the CCJ on 15 April 2025, following his appointment on 27 January 2025. Prior to joining the CCJ, he served as the Distinguished International Jurist at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Toronto Metropolitan University (2021–2025). Justice Eboe-Osuji has held …

Justice Mohammed is a former Open Island Scholarship Recipient in Modern Studies who began his legal career as a State Counsel at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in 1987. He was appointed as the DPP in 1998 at the age of 35, then the youngest appointed …

Justice Navindra A. Singh, Acting Chief Justice of Guyana, was born in the county of Essequibo, Guyana in 1973. He attended the prestigious Queen’s College High School in Georgetown. He holds a B.Sc. in Biology from St. John’s University (New York), an LLB from the University of Guyana, and a …

Mr. Justice Bereaux was admitted to the Trinidad and Tobago Bar in November 1981. He graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados with a Bachelor of Laws Degree in June 1978 and obtained his Legal Education Certificate from the Hugh Wooding Law School …

Mr. Justice Patrice Abrioux was born in Aberdeen, Scotland and immigrated to Canada in 1967 where his family resided first in Regina, Saskatchewan and then Victoria, British Columbia. He obtained his B.A. (Hons) from the University of Victoria in 1976 and his LL.B from McGill University in 1980. He was …

Peter Jamadar is a Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of the West Indies in 1982 and in 1984, he earned his Legal Education Certificate and was admitted to the Bar of Trinidad and Tobago. He was …

The Honourable Mr Justice Westmin James currently serves as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Trinidad and Tobago. Immediately prior to this appointment, he acted as a Judge of the High Court of Barbados, and before that, as an Acting Justice of the Supreme Court of Belize. Justice James …

The Honourable the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Ivor Archie O.R.T.T., was sworn in as the 8th Chief Justice of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on January 24, 2008, becoming the youngest person to assume this office since independence. Born in Tobago in 1960, he holds a BSc in Mechanical …

Ian Godfrey Wilkinson, a Jamaican by birth but regionalist by nature, is married to Khadine and has four children. Senior partner in the Jamaican law firm Wilkinson Law, he was the top student at the Norman Manley Law School in 1989, the year of his Bar Calling. He “took Silk” …

Ian McDougall is President of the LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation; A charitable organisation registered in the US and established to advance the Rule of Law. Ian McDougall is the Chair of the United Nations Global Compact Legal Advisory Board and a Professor at IE University in Madrid, teaching the …

Mr Ignacio Goicoechea is a lawyer, graduated in 1993 from the Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He joined the Permanent Bureau in 2005. He became Principal Legal Officer in June 2011 and currently serves as the Representative of the Regional Office for Latin America and …

Jason LaCorbiniere is Cluster Lead for Poverty, Governance and Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Multi-Country Office. He leads the Poverty, Governance and M&E Cluster, overseeing initiatives that strengthen citizen security, advance access to justice, and promote inclusive social protection …

Marguerite Woodstock Riley K.C. attained her L.L.B. degree with Upper Second-Class Honors from the University of The West Indies, her Legal Education Certificate from the Norman Manley Law School and her Masters Degree from the University of Cambridge. She was admitted to practice in six Caribbean islands and has had …

Master Alana J. Jameson was called to the Bar of Trinidad and Tobago in 1998, thereafter practising mainly in the Family Law jurisdiction. In 2004, she became a full-time member of staff at the Council of Legal Education, Hugh Wooding Law School. In 2013, she became Course Director for Family …

David S Berry, Professor of International Law and Regional Integration Law, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD, PGCUTL, FCIArb, teaches and practices international law and international commercial arbitration. His book, Caribbean Integration Law (OUP, 2014), is widely cited and used regionally and internationally. He is on the Roll of Eminent Caribbean International …

Rueanna is an international climate law and governance specialist, and TEDx 2020 speaker. A former Trinidad and Tobago diplomat, Rueanna has negotiated for the Caribbean Community as well as the Alliance of Small Island States, in the development of the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. At present, …

Sir Dennis Byron’s distinguished judicial career began in 1982 with his appointment as a Judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Prior to this, he practiced law extensively throughout the Leeward Islands after being called to the Bar in England in 1965, and later in St. Kitts-Nevis. His rise through …

Symone Michelle Mayhew KC is a Jamaican attorney-at-law and a graduate of the University of the West Indies and the Norman Manley Law School. She has served at both the public and private Bar in Jamaica and currently leads the boutique law practice, MayhewLaw in Jamaica. Her principal areas of …

Zachary A. R. Phillips is a young Attorney-at-Law, multilateral negotiator and published author. Zachary has attained a B.Sc in Political Science., an LL.B from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill campus, and an LL.M in Public International Law from Queen Mary University of London, all at first class …