Strengthening the Judicial Officer

Upon the onboarding of Judicial Research Counsel (JRC) and prior to the finalisation and release of the new Civil Proceedings Rules, the Judiciary of the Bahamas reached out to the President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), the Honourable Mr Justice Adrian Saunders, for assistance with providing training to its JRC and Judicial Officers. President Saunders requested that the CCJ and the CAJO design and execute this training.

The Judiciary of the Bahamas outlined key areas for which it desired training, and the CAJO and CCJ were tasked with building and delivering the programme. The team — led by the Honourable Mr Justice Peter Jamadar (Chair of the CAJO and Judge of the CCJ), with the Honourable Mr Justice Gregory Smith (Justice of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago), Ms Kavita Deochan (Judicial Counsel at the CCJ), and Elron Elahie (Research and Programme Coordinator of the CAJO) — crafted a five-day programme titled “Strengthening the Judicial Office” geared toward in-depth coverage of the outlined areas.

The programme ran over five days and was designed to employ different methods of learning towards achieving the objectives and outcomes of each module. Each module was designed to ensure that each participant was actively engaged in the learning process, with built-in activities and assessments to verify that learning was achieved.