Heads of Judiciary from across the Caribbean have reaffirmed their confidence in the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), while expressing grave concern over the disclosure of what appear to be confidential internal communications among the Court’s judges.

The Heads of Judiciary of Barbados, The Bahamas, Belize, Guyana, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago issued a joint statement on Tuesday after taking note of recent public reports concerning internal correspondence and matters relating to the administration and functioning of the CCJ.

The judicial leaders said they would not comment on the merits of statements or allegations attributed to individual judges, nor on matters arising from the Court’s internal deliberative or administrative processes.