Editors Note: An earlier version of this news article erroneously attributed a statement to the Chief Justice. Madam Justice Margaret Price-Findlay did not contribute to this article. This was in fact a typographical error which resulted in the photo caption being accidentally placed in the body of the article instead of under the photo. We apologize for the error.
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Leaders of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have agreed to increase the age of retirement for judges of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) from 65 to 70 years
OECS chairman and Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne said that the issue had been discussed at the two-day OECS summit which ended here on Monday.
Browne said that discussions were held with the Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Madam Justice Margaret Price-Findlay and “one of the recommendations coming out of the discussions with the Chief Justice is that the retirement age for judges should be increased to 70 years of age”.
He acknowledge having a difficulty wen judges retire at the age 65”and then not being able to readily recruit judges, you know, who have the necessary expertise and experience.
“And that recommendation was certainly met with the approval of heads, so we expect to see some changes in the upcoming maybe weeks and months,” Browne added.
The ECSC is the superior court of record for the OECS. It handles both civil and criminal matters and serves six independent nations and three British overseas territories in the Caribbean region, namely Antigua and Barbuda, Dominicca, Grenada, St.Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sr. Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands.
Headquartered in St. Lucia, the ECSC is composed of two primary divisions, namely the High Court of Justice, which primarily serves as the court of first instance for trials and hearings in each member state and the Court of Appea, an itinerant court that travels from island to island to hear appeals from the High Court and local Magistrates’ courts.
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” He acknowledged having a difficulty when judges retire at the age 65”and then not being able to readily recruit judges, you know, who have the necessary expertise and experience.”
Question:
So why not have a 5 year period of succession planning so when the retirement age arrives there would be a smooth change over
Very good decision, and tmely too.
I told you the judges were corrupted by the politicians, so they vary their judgements in favor of politicians, what that is taking the payoff in plain sight as legal.
@WATCHING FROM THE SIDE: VERY SMART QUESTION,MOVE TO THE HEAD OF THE CLASS. THE 6 P’S COMES INTO PLAY.PRIOR,PREPERATIONS,PREVENTS,PISS,POOR,PERFORMANCES.
WHAT THE HELL…! …EXTENDING TENURE OF JUDGES? …SMARTING UNDER RETIREMENT
MAKING RETIREES OPPORTUNISTS?: OR TO BE ‘…ENVIRONMENTALLY EXPLOITABLE?
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NOTA BENE:
PM Browne speaks to ‘Difficulty, ‘…RECRUITING JUDGES [Paragraph 4]:
Management training guides this understanding.’
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This appeared to have been:
(a) ‘LACK OF ADMINISTRATIVE FORESIGHT: and
(b) …LACK OF PLANNING>
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HERE’SM ARE SOME ‘…BASIC FACTORS:
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REMEMBERING FORMER PARLIAMENTARIAN
‘COCKROACH HAS NO BUSINESS IN FOWL HOUSE; [Joanne Massiah].
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NOW:
(i) ‘…ADMINISTRATORS SHALL LOOK AT AN ADVANCED 5-YEAR PLAN IN RECRUITMENT
(ii) …LOOK AT THE AGED APPROACHING RETIREMENT:
(iii) …LIST IN ORDER OF DEMITTING OFFICE:
(iv) … IDENTIFY POTENTIALS/PROSPECTS/ASPIRANTS: whatever called:
(iv) …CONDUCT INTERVIEWS: to
(a) ‘…ASCERTAIN PERSONAL INTERESTS:
(b) …FIELDS OF PRACTICE: CIVIL/CRIMINAL:
(c) …ELIGIBILITY/SUITABILITY:
(d) …TEMPERAMENT:
(d) …SENSE OF UNDERSTANDING:
(e) …POWERS OF REASONING:
(e) …ABILITY TO FUNCTION INDEPENDENTLY: and’
(f) …CAPACITY TO DELIVER JUDGMENTS WITH TIME THAT SPEAKS TO ‘…REASONABILITY:
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NOW:…STAY-ON JUDGES
Speaking for, nor against any want to ‘…STAY -ON JUDGES:’
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This ‘…ANR NEWS: seems, inter alia
(i) …MOST DISTRESSING:
(ii) …MOST DISHEARTEEING:
(iii) …MORE OF AN IMPEDIMENT TO THOSE: with
(iv) …WITH DREAMS: …HOPES: AND …ASPIRATIONS: not
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(a) …PRACTICING ATTORNEYS: but also
(b) …TO BECOME ADJUDICATORS WITHIN THE JUDICIARY.’
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MANDATORY AGE OF RETIREMENT -65: …VERY BLUNTLY PUT:
When the current ‘…MANDATORY AGE OF RETIREMENT COMES: upon
(i) ‘…JUDGES WHO HAVE PLAYED A MEANINGFUL ROLE WITHIN THE ‘…JUDICIARY: and
(ii) …SEEN TO HAVE OUTLIVED:
(iii) …THEIR ADJUDICATING USEFULNESS:
(iv) …INSTEAD OF BEING
(a) ‘…OBSTACLES: or
(b) …HURDLES: or
(c) …BARRIERS: or
(d) …STUMBLING-BLOCK’ IN THE ‘…CAREER PATHS: of
(i) ‘…YOUNG ASPIRANTS, JUST IN THE PRIME OF LIFE: with
(ii) …MORE YOUTHFULLY VISIONARY:
(iii) …MORE PERCEPTIBLE: and with
(iv) …THE SPIRIT OF DISCERNMENT AND COMMITMENT: those
(v) …WHO SHALL RETIRE, SHALL DO SO: without
(a) ‘…FUSS OR MURMOUR:
(b) …PEACEFULLY: and
(b)…GRACEFULLY: with
(c) …COMPENSATORY PACKAGE AT THE READY’ AS THEY MOVE INTO THE TWILIGHT: with t
(d) …KNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE SERVED FAITHFULLY TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY.’
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EXTENDED TENURED
They shall not suffer the ‘…INDIGNITIES: as that of
(a) ‘…THE EXTENDED TENURED- JUDGE, HIS LORDSHIP, JUSTICE ALBERT REDHEAD:
(b) …WHOSE JUDGEMENTS ‘…NEW APPELLATE JUDGES, HAD REPORTEDLY REVERSED: an
(c) …HAD TO WRITE IN THE ‘OBSERVER NEWSPAPER PLEADING AND BESCHEECHING: to
(d) …BE FULLY COMPENSATED:
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THIS IS NOT ABOUT ‘…SENTIMENTALITY: …JUST SHEER REALITY.
HIS LORDSHIP LIVED ONLY FOR ‘…3-YEARS’ AFTER FINALLY RETIRED.
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JUDGES SHALL READ ‘…THE NEW TODAY NEWS,’ FOR ‘…APRIL 5, 2019.
SUGGESTION:
(i) ‘…TENURE ENDS:
(ii) …TIME COMES:
(iii) …YOU MAY WISH TO GO HOME….
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WHAT THE HELL…!
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NO PLACE LIKE IT.
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WALK GOOD.
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