Appendix V

• Author: Duke Pollard
• Profession: Director of the CARICOM Legislative Drafting Facility and one of the principal consultants on all development aspects of the Caribbean Court of Justice on which he now sits as a Judge
• Pages: 310-321

The Caribbean Court of Justice

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appendix V

AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE SEAT OF THE

CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE AND THE OFFICES OF

THE REGIONAL JUDICIAL AND LEGAL SERVICES

COMMISSION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AND THE CARIBBEAN

COURT OF JUSTICE

Preamble

Whereas paragraph 2 of Article III of the Agreement

Establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice (hereinafter called

‘The Agreement’) provides that the Seat of the Court shall be in

the territory of a Contracting Party as determined from time to

time by unanimous agreement of the Contracting Parties;

Whereas the Contracting Parties to the Agreement have

determined that the Seat of the Court shall be in Trinidad and

Tobago; and

Whereas Article XV of the Agreement provides for the grant

of privileges and immunities to Judges and Officers of the Court

necessary to protect their independence and impartiality,

The Parties hereto have agreed as follows: