The Inaugural Conference of the Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers

TOPICS INCLUDE:
– The Art and Technique of Adjudication
– Expertise and Common Sense: the participation of non-lawyers in adjudications – CSME and the CCJ (including the referral of cases by Tribunals, Commissions and Courts)
– Trial Management (best practise for high pro le cases)
– Strengthening the Independence of Magistrates and Statutory Tribunals
– Children and other vulnerable witnesses
– Recusing yourself (with examples from around the world and in particular the USA and the UK
– Application of Human Rights Treaties in Caribbean domestic law

THEMES:
– Effciency and fairness in adjudications
– Judicial Independence and Accountability
– Justice beyond our borders
– Court Administration and Technology