A Trinidadian judge has made history becoming the first Trinidadian woman to be appointed chief justice outside the Eastern Caribbean.

Justice Margaret Price-Findlay was sworn in as acting Chief justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court on May 2. She will act from May 5 to February 25, 2026, until the regional court’s judicial and legal service commission appoints a substantive CJ.

She is the first from outside the Eastern Caribbean to hold that position as all the chief justices in the history of the court have all come from within the Eastern Caribbean.