Before the CCJ

The female immigration officer at the centre of Jamaican Shanique Myrie’s lawsuit against Barbados will have to take the stand when the trial begins in the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) next month.
The CCJ also ruled that the Jamaica government, as an intervener in the case, could call four witnesses, including three others who claimed to have been discriminated against when seeking entry to Barbados.
The decisions follow applications heard via video link Thursday by lawyers for Myrie and the Jamaica government.
During the hour-long hearing before Justices Désirée Bernard, Jacob Witt and Winston Anderson, Myrie’s attorney Michelle Brown requested the immigration officer be called as a witness and a statement from her supplied by the defendant, the Government of Barbados.