Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

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The Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court is the head of the regional judiciary for several Eastern Caribbean states and territories, responsible for leading the court system and ensuring the administration of justice across its member jurisdictions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chief justice
judge
judicial office
public office
appliesToJurisdiction civil law matters in member states
constitutional law matters in member states
criminal law matters in member states
appointedBy Heads of Government of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
Judicial and Legal Services Commission of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
country multiple Eastern Caribbean states and territories
countryOfCitizenship British Virgin Islands
duty chairing meetings of the Judicial and Legal Services Commission
ensuring efficient administration of the courts
ensuring independence of the judiciary in member states
issuing practice directions for the courts
hasAuthorityOver judicial officers of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
hasRank head of judiciary for member states
headOf Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court system
surface form: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
inception 1967
jurisdiction Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
British Virgin Islands
Dominica
surface form: Commonwealth of Dominica

Dominica
Grenada
Montserrat
OECS
surface form: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
legalSystem common law
memberOf judiciary of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
officeHolder Dame Janice Pereira
oversees Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
High Court of Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
surface form: High Courts of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
partOf Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court system
surface form: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
positionHeld Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
precededBy Chief Justice of the Windward and Leeward Islands
residence Saint Lucia
responsibleFor administration of justice in member states
management of the court system of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
supervision of judges of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
seat Castries
style Chief Justice
surface form: The Honourable Chief Justice
termOfOffice serves until mandatory retirement age under applicable judicial rules

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judicial branch of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines overseenBy Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
Judiciary of Grenada headOfJudiciaryTitle Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
Judiciary of Grenada overseenBy Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
judicial branch of Saint Lucia headedBy Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court headedBy Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
judiciary of Antigua and Barbuda supervisedBy Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
this entity surface form: Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (for superior courts)
High Court of Justice overseenBy Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
subject surface form: High Court of Justice (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)