Principal Crown Counsel in the Office of the Director of Prosecutions, Mrs. Tiffany Scatliffe-Esprit has been appointed as Acting Director of Public Prosecutions with effect from December 14, 2019.
The 2020 Law Year of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) will commence for the first time at the start of a calendar year, on Monday, January 13.
The Government of the Virgin Islands is currently in the planning and design phases of the Magistrates Court, considered as Phase I of the Halls of Justice project.
The public is notified that the Magistracy Department, which includes services at Internal Audit Unit, Road Town Police Station and Conservation and Fisheries will be closed from Friday, October 25 to Tuesday, October 29.
Mr. Gerard St. Clair Farara QC has been appointed to act as the Commercial Court Judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court and is assigned to the Territory of the Virgin Islands from the period September 1 to October 13.
Legal Stakeholders will be trained on Sentencing Guidelines on offences involving drugs, rape, unlawful sexual intercourse, theft and robbery next week.
An electronic portal that will facilitate the filing and management of court cases in the jurisdiction of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court will go live in mid-November.
The Magistrate’s Court is providing an alternate number for persons to contact the court for the re-scheduling of criminal matters which were postponed due to the passage of hurricanes Irma and Maria in September 2017.