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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT 2020

Public Relations and Stakeholder Relationship Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Appointed Judges: Mr Patterson K.H. Cheltenham, QC, President of the Tribunal (right). Left to right: Mr J. Emile Ferdinand, QC; Ms Dancia
Penn, OBE, QC; Ms. Lisa M. Shoman, SC; and Mr Westmin R.A. James

The Caribbean Administrative Tribunal (CCAT) launched at can be appealed further to a Review Committee made up of
CXC® HQ five judges of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) after leave
CARICOM Heads of Government approved the establishment is granted by the Review Committee.
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of the Tribunal at their 30 Inter-Sessional Meeting in St. Kitts
and Nevis in February 2019. The CCAT is an impartial and The Tribunal consist of five Members who are appointed for
independent judicial body that will provide staff members of a four-year term by the Regional Judicial and Legal Services
the CARICOM Secretariat and Regional Institutions, subject to Commission (RJLSC), with consideration given to an equitable
the CCAT’s jurisdiction, with a forum for the final settlement geographical distribution and an appropriate gender balance.
of employment disputes. The Community and its Institutions, The Members are required to be of high moral character,
as international organisations, enjoy immunity from lawsuits intellectual and analytical ability, sound judgment and integrity
brought in national courts. and must:
• have held, hold or be qualified to hold high judicial office
Previously, staff members were without recourse to an in a CARICOM State; or
appropriate and effective judicial mechanism that could • be jurisconsults of recognised competence with experience
determine the legality of decisions with respect to an as such for a period of not less than ten years; or
employment-related dispute. After exhausting the internal • be jurisconsults of recognised competence with particular
dispute resolution mechanisms of their organisations, staff experience in the field of labour relations for a period of
members still aggrieved by the outcome, will be able to appeal not less than ten years.
to the CCAT for settlement.
The five members: Mr Patterson Cheltenham, QC, President of
The CCAT is bound by principles of due process of law the Tribunal; Ms Lisa M. Shoman, SC; Mr Westmin James; Ms
and its decisions are to be consistent with the principles of Dancia Penn, QC and Mr J. Emile Ferdinand, QC. were sworn
fundamental human rights and in accordance with international in by the President of the CCJ, the Hon. Mr Justice Adrian
administrative law. In exceptional cases, judgments of CCAT Saunders. (SOURCE: CARICOM.ORG)

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