Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago, the Honourable Mr. Justice Ronnie Boodoosingh, has returned from Barbados following his participation in a regional workshop aimed at overhauling how criminal cases are managed across Caribbean courts.

The two-day gathering, hosted by the Chief Justice of Barbados under the European Union-funded PACE Justice Project, convened some of the region’s most senior judicial figures including Chief Justices, Chief Magistrates, Directors of Public Prosecutions, court administrators and registrars with one goal: tackling the persistent problem of criminal case backlogs that have long plagued justice systems across the region.

At the heart of the workshop was the review and approval of three model Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Magistrates’ Courts and complex criminal matters in the High Court. These procedures, now validated by regional stakeholders, will be adapted and rolled out within participating jurisdictions in the months ahead.