About Us
The Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers (CAJO) brings together the region’s Chancellors, Chief Justices, Judges, Masters, Registrars, Magistrates, Tribunal Members, Executive Court Administrators, and other judicial staff. The CAJO is a Non-Profit Organisation registered in Trinidad and Tobago. The first meeting of judicial officers across the region took place in June 2009 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago and this marked the birth of the CAJO. With its own Constitution and membership, the CAJO was ably headed by Hon Mr Justice Adrian Saunders, President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), who served as Chair from 2009 – 2019. The CAJO is led by a Management Committee which comprises judicial offices elected at the Association’s Business Meeting held biennially. The Management Committee comprises 16 members from almost all countries in the region. The CAJO provides a host of judicial education engagements for judicial officers across the region including its Biennial Conference, training programmes and workshops on various topics and areas of law and practice, and a biannual Newsletter, CAJO News.
The Management Committee
At the CAJO’s most recent Annual General Meeting held at its 8th Biennial Conference in Bermuda (November 2024), the membership elected a new Management Committee dedicated to overseeing the work and engagement of the CAJO. The Committee was elected to serve for a period of two years.
Justice Peter Jamadar
Chair
Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice and the Vice-Chair of Programming at the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute
Justice Roxane George
Vice-Chair
Chief Justice (A.g.) of Guyana
Justice Adrian Saunders
President of the Caribbean Court of Justice and served as Chair of the CAJO from 2009 – 2019
Justice Maroeska Scholte
Vice-President, Joint Court of Justice
Justice Carol Edwards
Judge of the Court of Appeal, Jamaica
Justice Gregory Smith
Judge of the Court of Appeal, The Bahamas
Justice Maria Wilson
Judge of the Court of Appeal, Trinidad and Tobago
Justice Sandra Nanhoe - Gangadin
Judge of the Court of Justice, Suriname
Justice Shade Subair-Williams
Judge of the Supreme Court of Bermuda
Justice Tanya Lobban Jackson
Judge, Turks and Caicos Islands
Justice Anneil Coote-Guiness
Judge, Jamaica
Justice Cicely Chase-Harding
Judge, Barbados
Her Worship Maxanne Anderson
Senior Magistrate, Bermuda
Ms Michelle John-Theobalds
Chief Registrar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
Ms Kristina Wallace-Whitfield
Registrar of the Court of Appeal of The Bahamas
Support Team
The CAJO is supported by three officers who assist the Management Committee.
Candace Simmons-Peters
Executive Administrator
Suraj Sakal
Legal Officer and Executive Manager
Elron Elahie
Research and Programme Coordinator