THE SEARCH FOR JUDGES to dispense justice to Barbadians will soon go beyond these shores, even as far as Down Under.
So said Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Dale Marshall, who yesterday revealed that for the first time, the post of judge would be advertised throughout the Commonwealth.
He made the announcement while piloting the Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in the House of Assembly.
Marshall explained that the Mia Mottley-led administration decided to make this move to “attract the highest calibre of individual to the Bench”.
“I have been a lawyer for almost 30 years and there have been days when I would wake up one day and see in the paper that John Browne is appointed to the Bench. There was no advertisement . . . .
“There was a time when it was felt that only members of the public bar, meaning Government lawyers, should be elevated to the Bench; private practitioners weren’t considered,” he said. (SDB MEDIA)
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