CCJ opens sitting here, set for extended programme

Judges of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) and members of the Guyana judiciary at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre for the court’s itinerant hearing yesterday. (Photo from Anil Nandlall SC’s Facebook page)

In what was described as a significant day in the annals of Guyana’s history, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) held sittings locally, for the second time since its establishment eighteen years ago.

The regional court which has its seat in the twin island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is Guyana’s apex court, in both its appellate and original jurisdictions.

The court for the second time since 2014, is back on local soil to hold itinerant sittings which are open to the public at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre—from where it will hear five cases—two of which are from Guyana.