St. Kitts Supreme Court Registry
Cause List – 27th to 28th June 2022
ST. LUCIA HIGH COURT
Cause List – 27th to 30th June 2022
Under the leadership of the Programme Director -Education the School Grants Administrative Support will support the coordination and oversee the management of funds transferred to the participating Member States
Under the leadership of the Programme Director – Health and in collaboration with the Head of Portfolio Management Office, the Project Manager/ Technical Specialist will apply their project management
Reporting to the Head- Procurement Unit, the Procurement Officer has the responsibility to ensure that the supply chain needs of the organisation are met in a timely, transparent and cost-effective manner.
Reporting to the Head- Procurement Unit, the Procurement Manager will be responsible for assisting the Head- Procurement in the management and coordination of the unit’s procurement activities.
Claim No. BVIHCMAP2021/0020
Farara, JA. [Ag.]
Delivered: 23/05/2022
Claim No. SVGHMT2020/0088
Byer, J.
Delivered: 17/06/2022
Claim No. SVGHPT2011/0079
Byer, J.
Delivered: 17/06/2022
Claim No. SVGHCV2019/0135
Henry, J.
Delivered: 15/06/2022
Claim No. SLUHMT2021/0158
Cenac-Phulgence, J.
Delivered: 27/05/2022
Claim No. SLUHCV2020/0274
Cenac-Phulgence, J.
Delivered: 02/06/2022
Claim No. SLUHCV2018/0157
Cenac-Phulgence, J.
Delivered: 29/03/2022
Claim No. GDAHCV2022/0212
Actie, J.
Delivered: 21/06/2022
Claim No. GDAHCV2021/0517
Actie, J.
Delivered: 21/06/2022
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David Dorsett v Attorney General was an appeal by David Dorsett, an attorney at law, who called upon the Court of Appeal to answer the question of whether an attorney can be appointed amicus curiae against his will. Although this question had become largely academic at the date of the hearing due to a change in circumstances, the Court heard the appeal as it was a matter of public importance under our system of law.
It was the appellant’s contention that such an appointment offended his right under the Code of Ethics to refuse or withdraw from employment.
The Court found that the power to appoint an attorney amicus curiae is derived from the court’s inherent jurisdiction, i.e. its reserve of powers as a superior court that is essential to the administration of justice and the maintenance of the rule of law and the Constitution. Any limitation on this inherent jurisdiction must arise from express legislation or necessary implication. The Code of Ethics does not meet either of these criteria, and so cannot limit the inherent jurisdiction of the court to appoint an attorney amicus curiae. The appellant therefore could not rely on the Code of Ethics to decline his appointment.
The Court also observed that the product of our adversarial system of justice is that court orders are almost invariably made against the will of persons, save for consent orders. Every person who is subject to an order of the court risks facing sanctions for contempt for failure to obey. Therefore, the order of the court appointing the appellant as amicus curiae was not made in vain, simply because it was made against his will.