Judges of the Caribbean Court of Justice

The Hon. Mr. Justice Winston Charles Anderson is of Jamaican nationality and upbringing. He was born in Saint Ann’s Bay and raised in Brittonville, Saint Ann, Jamaica. He attended the Brittonville Primary School and later the Ferncourt High School in Clermont, Saint Ann from which he transferred to the Saint Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) in Kingston. He entered the Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies (UWI) in 1980, and graduated in 1983 with the Degree of Bachelor of Laws, (Honours). From 1983 to 1984, he taught International Law, among other subjects, at the UWI Faculty of Law, whilst also pursuing the Masters in Law degree there.
In 1984, Mr Anderson proceeded on a Commonwealth Scholarship to Cambridge University in England and graduated with a Doctorate in Philosophy in 1988, majoring in International Law as well as Environmental Law. Also, in 1988, he completed a course of training at the Inns of Court School of Law in London (Honours) and was called to the Bar of England and Wales, as a Barrister of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn.

The Hon. Mme. Justice Maureen Rajnauth-Lee was sworn in as a Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) at a ceremony at the Office of the President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on the 27 March 2015. She is the first woman citizen of Trinidad and Tobago to be appointed to the CCJ bench.
She is a former Justice of Appeal of the Trinidad and Tobago Judiciary; a graduate of the University of the West Indies with a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) and of the Hugh Wooding Law School. Admitted to practise law in 1980, she served in the Solicitor General’s Department and in 1986, embarked on a career in private practice.

The Honourable Mr. Justice Denys Barrow, citizen of Belize, is a graduate of the University of the West Indies with a Bachelor of Laws and received a Legal Education Certificate from the Norman Manley Law School. He was admitted to the practice of law in Belize in 1977 and embarked on a career in private practice. In 1990, Mr. Justice Barrow was elevated to Senior Counsel and went on to start his own law firm “Barrow and Company”.
Mr. Justice Barrow’s judicial career included service as High Court Judge in St. Lucia, Grenada, Belize and the British Virgin Islands between 2001 and 2005, Justice of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court from 2005 to 2008 and Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of Belize from 2010 to 2012.

The Honourable Mr. Justice Peter Jamadar obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree, UWI (Hons) in 1982 and his Legal Education Certificate from the Hugh Wooding Law School, St. Augustine in 1984. In 1984, he was admitted to the Bar of Trinidad and Tobago. On September 15, 1997 he was appointed a Puisne Judge of the High Court, and on October 1, 2008 he was elevated to the Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago. Prior to this, he was in private practice as an Attorney-at-Law in Chambers with his father Vernon Jamadar from 1984 to 1991, and a partner in the firm Jamadar and Kangaloo from 1991 to 1994. He is a former President of the Assembly of Southern Lawyers and former Executive Member of the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago. From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Justice Jamadar attended the University of Toronto, Canada and obtained the degree of Master of Divinity (First Class). In June 2004, he completed the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute’s (CJEI) Intensive Study Programme for Judicial Educators and he became a Fellow of the CJEI; he is now Vice President (Programming) and a Faculty member of the CJEI. Mr. Justice Jamadar is the current Vice Chairman of the Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers (CAJO). He is deeply involved in judicial education nationally, regionally and internationally. He is also a certified Transpersonal Psychologist (2007) and a certified Mediator (2011).

Justice Chantal Ononaiwu, an attorney-at-law with over 20 years of experience at the Caribbean Bar, is recognised for her expertise in Caribbean Community (CARICOM) law and international law, particularly international trade law. Throughout her distinguished career, she has served as an adjudicator, litigator, legal advisor, and university lecturer. A Jamaican national, Justice Ononaiwu was admitted to practice law in Jamaica in 2001 and is also called to the Bar in Barbados.
For over 15 years, she worked at the CARICOM Secretariat, based in Barbados. She began as a Trade Policy and Legal Specialist at the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery before it was incorporated into the Secretariat. Later, she served as the Director of External Trade, coordinating CARICOM’s external trade policy. During her tenure, Justice Ononaiwu represented CARICOM in cases before the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), advised the Community and its Member States on international trade and investment issues, and participated as a negotiator in international trade agreements. Her legal acumen also led her to serve on a panel that adjudicated a World Trade Organization dispute.
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