Another St Lucian gets top Job in VI
The appointment was made by United Kingdom (UK) appointed Governor, Augustus J. U. Jaspert, in accordance with Section 95, of the VI Constitution Order and in consultation with the Judicial and Legal Services Commission.
Acting Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Deputy Governor, Ms Carolyn Stoutt-Igwe, welcomed Mr Innocent’s appointment, as he substitutes for Magistrate Ayanna O. Da Breo, who is currently on medical leave, according to a Government Information Service (GIS) Press Release.
Mr Innocent is a graduate of the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus, where he attained a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree.
He also attained a Certificate of Legal Education from the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad and Tobago, according to same release.
He is qualified, but locals need not apply
He was called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in 1996 and previously served as Crown Counsel I in the Attorney General’s Chambers and Magistrate for the District Court in St Lucia.
His specialties are in the areas of Criminal Law and Civil Litigation (High Court and Appellate Jurisdiction), Corporate Law and General Legal Practice.
He is a member of the Saint Lucia Bar Association and affiliated with the Simons Muirhead & Burton Death Penalty Project in the United Kingdom.
The GIS statement noted that “Mr Innocent will be responsible for trying persons charged with summary offences, conducting preliminary inquiries into indictable offences, trying civil actions founded in contract or tort where the amount claimed does not exceed $10,000, hearing and determining applications made under the Juvenile Act; hearing and determining all complaints laid under the Physical Planning Act; serving as Coroner, and conducting inquests into unnatural deaths occurring within the Territory; supervising the execution of writs and supervising and managing the judicial operations of the Magistrate's Courts in the Territory.”
Many residents have maintained there were local Attorneys who could have sit-in for the six months and accused the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government of discrimination against locals.
Co Leader of Government Hon Myron V. Walwyn (AL), had said a few years ago that there is nothing that can be done to protect locals.
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