Courts & Legal Education

Question 1

What qualification do you need to practise in most Commonwealth Caribbean states?

Accepted Answer

The Legal Education Certificate, awarded by the Council of Legal Education after its law-school course. (Source: Agreement establishing the Council of Legal Education (1971))

Question 2

Name the Council of Legal Education's three law schools.

Accepted Answer

Norman Manley Law School (Jamaica), Hugh Wooding Law School (Trinidad and Tobago) and Eugene Dupuch Law School (The Bahamas). (Source: Council of Legal Education)

Question 3

When was the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court set up, and where is its headquarters?

Accepted Answer

In 1967; its headquarters are in Saint Lucia. It has a High Court and a Court of Appeal. (Source: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Order 1967)

Question 4

When did the Caribbean Court of Justice open, and where is its seat?

Accepted Answer

It was inaugurated on 16 April 2005; its seat is in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. (Source: Agreement Establishing the CCJ (2001))

Question 5

Name four states that use the CCJ as their final court of appeal.

Accepted Answer

Barbados, Guyana, Belize and Dominica (among others). (Source: CCJ appellate jurisdiction)

1.What qualification do you need to practise in most Commonwealth Caribbean states?

2.Name the Council of Legal Education's three law schools.

3.When was the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court set up, and where is its headquarters?

4.When did the Caribbean Court of Justice open, and where is its seat?

5.Name four states that use the CCJ as their final court of appeal.