Justice Arif Bulkan, one of the presiding judges of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), said the very concerns that led Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to distrust the court centered on the risk of a single judge imposing a legal position contrary to that of the majority. He said the appellate process is designed to guard against such bias and preserve the integrity of the institution.

The Guyanese-born judge was responding to a chain of emails exchanged among his fellow CCJ judges in June 2026 amid escalating complaints against Justice Anderson. The allegations ranged from claims that he had unilaterally imposed a judicial dress code to accusations of "panel fixing" and attempts to influence the outcome of cases. A majority of the court's judges also accused Anderson of running the regional court in an "authoritarian" and "dictatorial" manner.

Justice Bulkan, referring to a drafted judicial dress code by Justice Anderson, raised other questions pertinent to his leadership style. "...the content of our judgments is very clearly a matter within our sole discretion as independent office holders. What is more, the appellate process by its very definition requires a panel of more than one judge to consider an appeal and to independently come to a decision—if a President(sic) could overrule a majority there is no need for a panel. Viewed from another angle, the benefits of multiple judges sitting in review are to ensure rigour,breadth of knowledge and experience, and safeguards from bias. If one could simply say, I am doing X, even though 4 or 5 feel otherwise, the safeguard of the appellate process vanishes."