'T&T paying for but not using CCJ'

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/_T_T_paying_for_but_not_using_CCJ_-144489695.html

I went to a conference on these issues in the High Court and met (Well walked within 3 feet of ) half the CCJ judges... Met one of them , justice Anderson, in UWI cavehill and talked to him for a bit.

There are over 200 appeals to the court of appeal of Trinidad per year,less than 20 of those go to the privy council for final appeal mainly due to the cost involved . This means the poor cannot access a final appeal.

In Guyana , a nation that accepted the CCJ, most of the appeals have been by middle class individuals , not big businessmen as some might expect.

And in some cases the Privy Council is producing inferior law because they are :
1. Not familiar with our cultural circumstances.
2. Realize they are unfamiliar , and thus don't try to develop the law where it may infringe on our cultural practices.

If you read the Joseph and boyce CCJ judgement and the PC judgement , the CCJ judgement is far more comprehensive (100 pages) and in my opinion superior...


Joseph and Boyce Judgement : http://www.worldcourts.com/ccj/eng/decisions/2006.11.08_Attorney_General_v_Joseph.htm