Attorney-at-law Nigel Hughes has thrown a legal challenge into the growing controversy surrounding Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) President Justice Winston Anderson, arguing that the Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission (RJLSC) does not have the legal authority to investigate or discipline the president.

Hughes’ intervention comes after the RJLSC acknowledged the seriousness of allegations against Anderson and called for the matter to be addressed through the Court’s internal governance mechanisms and a “transparent and independent review.”

But Hughes contends that the Commission’s powers stop short of investigating the very person who chairs it.