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Photo of the Week: Sunset at Curtain Bluff, Antigua

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The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Kevin Michitsch, who sent in this lovely shot of Morris Bay in Antigua, taken from the Curtain Bluff resort. Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line, including your first and last name and the […]

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Three New Justices for Cayman Islands Court of Appeal

Above: Cayman (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Three new justices have been appointed to the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal, Governor Helen Kilpatrick announced this month. The new justices include Sir Bernard Rix, Sir George Newman and John Martin, QC. The appointments follow a recruiting process undertaken by the Judicial and Legal Services […]

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Cayman Swears in Two New Judges

Above: Acting Governor Franz Manderson and New Court of Appeal Judge Sir Richard Ground (Photo: GIS) By the Caribbean Journal staff A pair of new judges for the territory have been sworn in by Acting Cayman Islands Governor Franz Manderson. Sir Richard Ground was officially sworn in as a judge of the Cayman Islands Court of […]

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After 51 Years, a Caribbean Legal Career Comes to a Close in Cayman

From left) Court of Appeal President Sir John Chadwick, Registrar Audrey Bodden, Justice Ian Forte, OJ, CD, Justice Dr. Abdullah Conteh, QC and Chief Justice Anthony Smellie, QC (Cayman GIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Cayman lawyers bid farewell last week to Justice Ian Xavier Forte, who retired from the Cayman Islands Appeal Court. […]


Cayman Swears in Two New Judges

Ian Wilkinson, the president of the Jamaica Bar Association, described calls for a domestic final court of appeal in Jamaica “a retrograde step,” saying that it was time for the country to sign on to the Caribbean Court of Justice as its final court, instead of the Privy Council. “[A domestic court] has been canvassed […]

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