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Dame Janice M. Pereira officially begins duty on Privy Council

Former Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court and one of the newest members to His Majesty King Charles III’s Privy Council, the Right Hon Dame Janice M. Pereira, DBE, has officially walked into the history books yet again as she attends her first case on Privy Council on December 9, 2024. Photo: Interet Source
Deputy President of the Supreme Court, The Right Hon Lord Patrick S. Hodge said Dame Janice M. Pereira’s appointment to the Privy Council is a matter of celebration. Photo: JCPC
Deputy President of the Supreme Court, The Right Hon Lord Patrick S. Hodge said Dame Janice M. Pereira’s appointment to the Privy Council is a matter of celebration. Photo: JCPC
Dame Janice M. Pereira joined her colleagues on His Majesty King Charles III's Privy Council for her first matter on December 9, 2024. Photo: JCPC
Dame Janice M. Pereira joined her colleagues on His Majesty King Charles III's Privy Council for her first matter on December 9, 2024. Photo: JCPC
LONDON, England, UK- Former Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) and one of the newest members to His Majesty King Charles III’s Privy Council, the Right Hon Dame Janice M. Pereira, DBE, has officially walked into the history books yet again as she attends her first case on Privy Council.

Dame Pereira made her first appearance as a Privy Council judge today, Monday, December 9, 2024, at 11:00 AM UK time, as the first Virgin Islander to be appointed to the Privy Council and sit on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC).

Warm welcome from JCPC

His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a formal body of advisers to the sovereign of the United Kingdom. The Privy Council appointments were announced on Wednesday, August 28, 2024.

“It is with great pleasure the board welcomes today as our colleague Dame Janice Pereira,” Deputy President of the Supreme Court, The Right Hon Lord Patrick S. Hodge said at the start of the first matter.

He further called her appointment a “matter of celebration”.

“The board warmly welcomes Dame Janice as its newest member and looks forward to working with her today and in the future,” Lord Hodge added.

Honoured by the VI

Dame Pereira, who retired from the ECSC in May 2024, was honoured by her homeland with a week-long national celebration which ran from October 14 to 27, 2024.

In 1981, Dame Janice Pereira became one of the first women called to the bar of the Virgin Islands, and later sat as a High Court Judge, received an appointment to the Court of Appeal and was then appointed as Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in 2012.

Watch live proceedings- VI UK Office

Calling Dame Pereira a “true trailblazer”, the Virgin Islands London Office in a social media post announcement, encouraged all to join in “celebrating this monumental occasion in legal history” and tune into the live proceedings on the JCPC website.

The first matter today is Steven Goran Stevanovich (Appellant) v Matthew Richardson and another (as Joint Liquidations of Barrington Capital Group Ltd (In Liquidation)) (Respondent) (Virgin Islands).

This sitting of the JCPC will run until December 13, 2024.

12 Responses to “Dame Janice M. Pereira officially begins duty on Privy Council”

  • lodger (09/12/2024, 08:02) Like (8) Dislike (0) Reply
    Big move the bvi is on top again Despite the political haters
  • justin (09/12/2024, 08:12) Like (6) Dislike (1) Reply
    VG in the House
    • @justin (09/12/2024, 09:40) Like (6) Dislike (0) Reply
      North Sound to be more specific.
      Can anything good come out of North Sound?
      Yes! it can!!!!!
  • mulato (09/12/2024, 08:36) Like (2) Dislike (6) Reply
    She should dump that Pereira and honor the last name of her father GEORGE as is should.. congrads ones again
  • hmm (09/12/2024, 10:42) Like (7) Dislike (12) Reply
    She left the courts worse off than she met them. Throughout all this celebration, they never spoke about her record of accomplishments other than being appointed in these positions. What new initiatives did she implement, and what successes did they bring? The justice system and the courts are a mess. We need to stop celebrating and promoting incompetence and ineffectiveness, and then we will see improvements on all fronts.
    • @hmm (09/12/2024, 12:49) Like (10) Dislike (1) Reply
      I am guessing if they hire you, it will be all sorted out.
    • Ghost (10/12/2024, 18:00) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      @ hmm..No she did not. She did more for this country’s court system than any other. Why don’t you go and shut your STUPID mouth.. she has many accomplishments . Why don’t you go and research for yourself. You’re speaking as if you can even step foot in one of her shoes to accomplish all that she did for the BVI court system . Go and sit down and look for your incompetent people. IDIOT!
  • police (09/12/2024, 14:02) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    We honor others who were forced to retire so hush
  • guy hill (10/12/2024, 09:53) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    Congratulations Dame George-Pereira. Be true to self and self Will be. True to you and we will all see that self is what we ought to be. Be yourself and YOU will see. Be Brave Sis


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