THE CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE (CCJ) has admonished Barbados’ criminal justice system once again.
In a decision handed down late last year, the president of the CCJ, Sir Dennis Byron, chastised the practice of readily available adjournments of legal matters in Barbados’ magistrates courts, that are slowing down the wheels of justice.
Sir Dennis’ comments came as the regional court dismissed an appeal in a landlord/tenant dispute between two Barbadians, Sheryard Deane and Cynthia Allamby.
The CCJ made note of the submissions to the bench by Deane’s attorney Clement Lashley, who alluded to a culture of delay in Barbados where it is expected that lower courts would adjourn matters to accommodate counsel who had booked more than one appointment at the same time, even when counsel had not made any application to the court for an adjournment. (BA)
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