As a controversy involving leadership, dress codes and emails rages at the region’s highest court, the Caribbean Court of Justice, Political Scientist Professor Hamid Ghany notes that the matter needs to be resolved because trust is being eroded.

Over the last few weeks, controversy has arisen over a proposal by the President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Justice Winston Anderson, that the court’s judges wear Western-style formal attire during court sittings.

The proposal sparked a public dispute among the judges. The disagreement intensified after internal emails between members of the court were leaked, exposing a war of words and bringing the conflict into the public domain.