Rewind and Unwind

Elegantly Casual, 7:30 p.m. (pick-up at 7:00 p.m.)

Under the patronage of our Governor General, His Excellency Sir Colville Young, at the Bliss Centre for Performing Arts, you will experience history as you never have before.  The cast of Jankunu Productionz of Belize will take you on an entertaining journey from the glorious Mayan civilization to the glory of Independence Day.

Having sat and listened all day, we here in Belize know when it’s time to unwind.  So immediately after the Bliss, we invite you to do just that at our Belizean Bram: A poolside party at the Biltmore Hotel featuring only Belizean fare. You can show off your Punta skills learnt the night before and when you’ve worked up a thirst, please don’t ask for a Heineken, demand a Belikin instead.

The Hon Mr Justice Courtney Abel

Judge, Supreme Court of Belize

Justice Courtney Ashton Abel of Belize is a national of Guyana and the UK and a Belonger of Anguilla. He is a member of the Hon. Society of Inner Temple and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in February 1980. He also engaged in the private practice of law, in a broad range of matters in the UK, Anguilla, the Eastern and wider Caribbean (including Guyana) and founded two separate law firms, Courtney Abel & Associates and Caribbean Associated Attorneys. In private practice over a period of some 40 years, in many countries and continents, he has appeared as junior Counsel in a wide range of matters, as  well as leading Counsel in many complex civil and commercial matters, in many tribunals and all levels of the Courts system, including before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Justice Courtney Abel has been a Justice of the Supreme Court Judge in Belize since October 22, 2012, where he is assigned to hear Civil matters and is well-known for the elimination of any backlog, his efficient no-nonsense management of cases and for his timely delivery of oral, draft and written judgments. He has also established quite a regional reputation as a speaker and for having drafted and then successfully implemented the system of Mediation; as well as for having conceived the innovative system of Court-connected Arbitration which is about to be passed into law.  He has been the only Chair, since inception 5 years ago, of their oversight National Committee under the watchful eye and keen support of the Chief Justice of Belize the Hon. Kenneth Benjamin.

Opening Remarks: Thursday @ 8:10 a.m.

The Hon Mr Justice Peter Jamadar

Judge, Caribbean Court of Justice

Justice Peter Jamadar obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree, UWI (Hons) in 1982 and his Legal Education Certificate from the Hugh Wooding Law School, St. Augustine in 1984.  In 1984 he was admitted to the Bar of Trinidad and Tobago.  On September 15, 1997 he was appointed a Puisne Judge of the High Court and on October 1, 2008 he was elevated to the Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago. Justice Jamadar has served on several committees within the Judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago, including the Rules Committee of the Supreme Court (2002-19), the Bench Bar Committee (2008-19), and the Judicial Research Counsel Management Committee (2010-19).  He was the fourth Chairperson of the Trinidad and Tobago Judicial Education Institute (JEITT), having been appointed in 2009, he served as such until 2019. He has been a leader in the development and roll out of a Gender Protocol for the Judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago (2018). In June 2004, he completed the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute’s (CJEI) Intensive Study Programme for Judicial Educators and is a Fellow of the CJEI; he is now Vice President (Programming) and a Faculty member of the CJEI.  He also holds a Certificate in Training Judicial Trainers from the University College London Judicial Institute. Justice Jamadar is the current Interim Chairman of the Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers (CAJO).  He is deeply involved in judicial education nationally, regionally and internationally. He is also currently engaged with the United Nations Global Integrity Network in the development of a Global Social Media Protocol for judicial officers; and in indigenous research on Mindfulness as an aid to Judicial integrity and performance. In July 2019, Justice Jamadar was appointed as a Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice.

Opening Remarks: Thursday @ 8:10 a.m.

The Rt Hon Mr Dean Barrow

Prime Minister, Belize

The Right Honourable Dean Oliver Barrow was born in Belize City, Belize on March 2, 1951. In December 1983, as a member of the United Democratic Party (UDP), he officially entered electoral politics as a candidate for the Belize City Council elections, in which he was successful. In 1984, he vyed as the UDP’s representative for the Queen’s Square Electoral Division in the general elections, defeating Ralph Fonseca, the representative for the People’s United Party (PUP). He was appointed to Cabinet and served as Attorney General and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1984-1989. Since 2008, in addition to Minister of Finance, the Prime Minister has also served as the substantive Minister of Natural Resources; Economic Development; Labour, Local Government and Rural Development; Energy, Public Utilities, Public Service and Elections and Boundaries. Prime Minister Barrow is also a very successful and well respected Attorney-at-Law. As a young man, Barrow attended St. Michael’s College in Belize City. He furthered his education at the University of the West Indies in Barbados (LL.B. 1973), the Norman Manley Law School in Jamaica (Certificate of Legal Education, 1975), the University of Miami School of Law (LL.M., 1981), and the University of Miami (M.A. International Relations).

Greetings: Thursday @ 8:35 a.m.

The Hon Mr Justice Kenneth Benjamin

Chief Justice, Belize

The Hon. Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin is a national of Guyana and Antigua. He received his legal training from the University of the West Indies and the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad and Tobago. He returned to Guyana where he practiced privately. He also served as a Magistrate and Assistant Judge Advocate for the Guyana Defence Force. He has served on the Court of Appeal in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court sitting in both St. Lucia and St. Vincent. He also served as the Presiding Judge for the Criminal Division of the High Court in St. Lucia. He has served as a High Court Judge in Antigua, British Virgin Islands and Grenada. He served as Chief Magistrate in Antigua and Barbuda. He was appointed as Chief Justice of Belize on September 15, 2011. He is a member of the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Association, a former Rotarian and a former cricket executive in Antigua. The Hon. Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin is a Fellow of the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute.

Welcoming Remarks: Thursday @ 8:40 a.m.

The Hon Mme Justice Maureen Rajnauth-Lee

Judge, Caribbean Court of Justice

Mme. Justice Rajnauth-Lee, a national of Trinidad and Tobago, took the Oath of Office as a Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice at President’s House, Port of Spain, on March 27, 2015.  She was formerly a Justice of Appeal of the Judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago. From October 1985 to January 2001, Mme. Justice Rajnauth-Lee worked in private practice in Chambers with Mrs. Valeria Ortiz Alcala S.C. in Trinidad and Tobago, in the areas of Commercial and Tax Litigation, Public and Labour Law, and family matters.  She served as State Counsel in the Office of the Solicitor General from 1981 to 1985. Mme. Justice Rajnauth-Lee received her legal education at the Hugh Wooding Law School and the University of the West Indies, graduating in 1976 with a Bachelor of Laws (First Class). Mme. Justice Rajnauth-Lee serves as Vice-President of the Caribbean Association of Women Judges.  She is a certified Mediator and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.  She serves as Chair of the Sexual Offences Advisory Committee which provided advice and support to the JURIST Project,  in the development of Model Guidelines for Sexual Offences and the establishment of the Sexual Offences Model Court in Antigua and Barbuda.

Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Thursday @ 9:20 a.m.

Dr Terrence Farrell

Former Chairman, Economic Advisory Board (Trinidad and Tobago)

Dr Se-shauna Wheatle

Associate Professor of Law, Durham University

Se-shauna Wheatle is an Associate Professor in Law at Durham Law School, where she teaches Comparative Constitutional Law and UK Constitutional Law. She was previously Lecturer in Law at Exeter College, University of Oxford. She achieved her Bachelor of Laws (LLB) at the University of the West Indies before attending the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar to read for the Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) and Doctor of Philosophy in Law (DPhil). Se-shauna has written a monograph,  Principled Reasoning in Human Rights Adjudication, which was shortlisted for the Society of Legal Scholars Birks Prize 2018. Her current research interests lie in comparative constitutionalism, comparative human rights, common law constitutionalism and implied constitutional principles. Her work has been published in journals such as Public Law, the Journal of Comparative Law and the European Human Rights Law Review. She is also co-editor of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Constitutions. Among other academic activities, she sits on the Scholarship Advisory Group of the Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparative Law and the Organizing Committee of the Northern Public Law Forum. 

Developments in the Rule of Law in Africa and the Caribbean: Thursday @ 11:10 a.m.

Mr Douglas Mendes, SC

Senoir Counsel, Trinidad and Tobago

Mr Douglas Mendes SC is a lawyer, former judge and academic. He was a judge of the Court of Appeal of Belize for the period March 2011 to March 2014 and a temporary judge of the High Court of Trinidad and Tobago during the period April to September 1998. He was also a lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies (UWI) for a period of 14 years, ending in 2012, when he took up his judicial appointment in Belize. In 2003, he was appointed Senior Counsel and became a member of the Inner Bar of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. He has litigated numerous human rights, constitutional and administrative law cases as a senior legal practitioner across the Caribbean and before the Caribbean Court of Justice and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. He was the coordinator of the Coalition for Social Justice and Human Rights (1994-1997), the Vice President of the Caribbean Centre for Human Rights and the Honorary Legal Counsel of the International Planned Parenthood Federation. In 2011, Mr. Mendes completed a Master of Studies in International Human Rights Law at the University of Oxford (with distinction). He is currently the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and President of the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago.

Developments in the Rule of Law in Africa and the Caribbean: Thursday @ 11:10 a.m.

The Hon Mr Justice Jacob Wit

Judge, Caribbean Court of Justice

The Honourable Mr Justice Wit was born on 24 December 1952 in Haarlemmermeer, The Netherlands. He studied law from 1971 to 1977 at the Vrije Universiteit (Free University) of Amsterdam, from which he took the degree of Meester in de Rechten (Master of Laws) with honours. After completing his military service (1976-1978) as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Dutch Navy, he was admitted in March 1978 as a Judicial Trainee at the Studiecentrum Rechtspleging (Training and Study Centre for the Judiciary) in Zutphen, the Netherlands, where he remained enrolled until 1984. During this period, he held the posts of Griffier (Law Clerk) in the Rotterdam District Court, Rotterdam, (1978-1980) and plaatsvervangend Officier van Justitie (Deputy Prosecutor) at the Amsterdam District Court (1980-1982) and worked as an advocaat (attorney-at-law) with the Law Firm of Van Doorne & Sjollema in Rotterdam (1982-1984). Resident in Curaçao since 1986, from then to 2005, Mr Justice Wit presided over or sat in the Court of Appeal, but mainly presided in the Courts of First Instance over a wide range of cases, involving: private law (contract, tort, property, succession), commercial and admiralty law, insurance, bankruptcy and (cross border) insolvency, company law and intellectual property, criminal law (serious crime, government corruption, international fraud, money laundering), military law, administrative law, constitutional law and international human rights law. Mr Justice Jacob Wit took the Oath of Office as a Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) at The President’s House, Port of Spain, on Wednesday 1 June 2005. In November 2010, Mr Justice Wit was appointed and sworn in as the President of the Constitutional Court of St. Maarten, a part-time function. He is the lone Civil Law Judge on the CCJ Bench.

Complex Criminal Trials: Thursday @ 1:45 .p.m

The Hon Mme Justice Alice Yorke-Soon Hon

Justice of Appeal, Supreme Court of Trinidad and Tobago

Madame Justice Yorke-Soo Hon, Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago, was admitted to the Bar in 1982 and was appointed to the Court of Appeal in October 2008. Prior to her appointment to the High Court Bench in 1997, Justice Yorke-Soo Hon had over 15 years practice at the Bar, more notably in Criminal Law. She obtained her LL.B from the University of the West Indies in 1980 and her L.E.C at the Hugh Wooding Law School where she serves today as an Associate Tutor in Criminal Practice and Procedure.  From 2013 – 2016 she also tutored in Ethics, Rights & Obligations of the Legal Profession. Madame Justice Yorke-Soo Hon is a member of the Board of Trinidad and Tobago Judicial Education Institute and a fellow of Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute. She also holds a diploma in ‘Training Judicial Trainers’ from the University College of London. Madame Justice Yorke-Soo Hon has chaired a number of Committees, including the Bench Book Committee responsible for the publication of the Criminal Bench Book in Trinidad and Tobago in 2015.  Madame Justice Yorke-Soo Hon was the Chairperson of the Sentencing Update Handbook which was published recently. She is also a member of the Criminal Justice Reform Committee (JURIST Project), and the Chairperson of the Magistrates’ Benchbook Committee which is expected to publish a Handbook for Magistrates in the English speaking Caribbean soon. She is also the Chairperson of the Implementation of the Criminal Procedure Rules 2017 Committee. She has done extensive training in Criminal Practice and Procedure with Judicial Officers both in Trinidad and Tobago and in the region.

Complex Criminal Trials: Thursday @ 1:45 .p.m

The Hon Mr Justice Murray Shanks

Circuit Judge, London and South Eastern Circuit

Murray read law at Cambridge and qualified as a barrister in Middle Temple in 1984. He practised as a barrister in commercial chambers at Fountain Court chambers in London until 2000. He took a post as an Acting High Court Judge of Belize in 2000 and subsequently sat as an Acting High Court Judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in various jurisdictions in the period 2003-5. In 2003 he was appointed a Recorder in England and began to sit regularly hearing serious criminal cases with a jury in the Crown Court. In 2009 he was appointed a full-time Circuit Judge on the London and South Eastern Circuit. He spends most of the time hearing serious criminal cases with a jury at Snaresbrook Crown Court in the east end of London. He also sits several months a year in the Employment Appeal Tribunal hearing appeals from tribunals on employment and discrimination cases and in the (now renamed) Information Tribunal hearing appeals from the Information Commissioner in cases brought under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Complex Criminal Trials: Thursday @ 1:45 .p.m

The Hon Mme Justice Sandra Kurtzious

Judge, Supreme Court of Guyana

Justice Sandra Kurtzious is presently a Judge in the High Court of Guyana and presides in the Family Division. Where she was assigned since the opening of the Court in June of 2016. In addition to the Family Matters, at intervals, Justice Kurtzious also presides in the Civil and Criminal and the Full Court, in the Capital City Georgetown, as well as the two counties of Essequibo and Berbice. Prior to ascending the Bench in the year 2012, Justice Kurtzious was employed with the Guyana National Bank, and was Managing Attorney of the Guyana Legal Aid Clinic, and thereafter she started a General Private Practice in the year 2003, with focus mainly in the area of Family Law, Justice Kurtzious is affiliated with several Charitable and Non-Governmental Organisations, such as the Lions Club, the Advocates Guyana, the Guyana Association of Women Lawyers, the Guyana Association of Women Judges, and she is also a Trained Mediator and is presently pursuing a Diploma in General Psychology as a foundation to pursuing her Masters in Child Psychology.

Rights of Indigenous Persons: Thursday @ 1:45 .p.m

The Hon Mme Justice Antoinette Moore

Judge, Supreme Court of Belize

Justice Antoinette Moore is a judge in the Criminal Division of the Supreme Court of Belize. She has presided over the court in Belize’s capital city since 2014. In addition to her regular docket, Justice Moore is assigned all “trafficking in persons” cases in Belize. Prior to being elevated to the bench, Justice Moore as a human rights lawyer represented individuals and groups whose human rights had been violated by the State of Belize, including juveniles in conflict with the law, women and families, refugees, union activists, persons abused by the police, and indigenous peoples. Justice Moore has a Master’s degree in International Human Rights Law from Kellogg College, Oxford University in the UK. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Lawrence University and her Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University in the United States and later also obtained a Legal Education Certificate from the University of the West Indies in Jamaica.  

Rights of Indigenous Persons: Thursday @ 1:45 .p.m

The Hon Mr Justice Winston Anderson

Judge, Caribbean Court of Justice

The Hon. Mr. Justice Winston Charles Anderson is of Jamaican nationality and upbringing. He was born in Saint Ann’s Bay and raised in Brittonville, Saint Ann, Jamaica. He attended the Brittonville Primary School and later the Ferncourt High School in Clermont, Saint Anns from which he transferred to the Saint Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) in Kingston. He entered the Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies (UWI) in 1980, and graduated in 1983 with the Degree of Bachelor of Laws, (Honours). From 1983 to 1984, he taught International Law, among other subjects, at the UWI Faculty of Law, whilst also pursuing the Masters in Law degree there. Dr Anderson was appointed the General Counsel of the Caribbean Community Secretariat on secondment from the University of the West Indies, 2003-2006, and in 2006 was appointed Professor in the Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies. Professor Anderson returned to the Faculty of Law in 2006 and was called to the Bar of Jamaica, also in 2006. He was appointed Executive Director of the Caribbean Law Institute Centre, in 2007, a position he held until June 2010. On June 15, 2010 Professor Anderson was sworn in as Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice in a ceremony at King’s House, Jamaica, presided over by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen and attended by Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding and Leader of the Opposition the Most Hon. Portia Simpson-Miller, as well as other local and diplomatic dignitaries. The Hon Mr Justice Anderson has the distinction of being the first Jamaican and the youngest judge ever appointed to the CCJ.

Rights of Indigenous Persons: Thursday @ 1:45 .p.m

His Honour Mr Sunil Sookraj

Chairman, Environmental Commission of Trinidad and Tobago

His Honour Sunil K. Sookraj is an Attorney-at-Law with over 20 years’ experience in corporate, contract, commercial and environmental law. He is qualified with a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of the West Indies and obtained his Legal Education Certificate from the Hugh Wooding Law School.  He is also a member of the Local Bar and the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago and has served as a past Vice President of the Assembly of Southern Lawyers.  H.H. Sookraj is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association and a past member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN). In addition to these qualifications, H.H. Sookraj has been trained in Environmental Law Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Judicial Writing, Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Project Management Essentials.  During his tenure in the private sector, H.H. Sookraj practiced in several aspects of corporate governance and administration. His experience ranges from contract negotiation and administration; arbitration; international partnership development and management; monitoring and evaluation; and risk mitigation.  H.H. Sookraj has also served in the public sector as legal counsel and contributed to the corporate turnaround of procurement practices at these agencies. He also possesses special skills in risk assessment, corporate governance, industrial relations and negotiating. During this upcoming term, H.H. Sookraj intends to make the Court more accessible to all stakeholders; make use of effective case management and dispute resolution mechanisms to meet and surpass the demands of litigants who appear before the Court; and ensure that the decisions of the Court are fair and transparent and achieve the goal of environmental sustainability in Trinidad and Tobago.

Environmental Pollution and Human Rights – Challenges and Solutions: Thursday @ 1:45 .p.m

Professor David Boyd

Associate Professor of Law, Policy, and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia

David R. Boyd was appointed as the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment for a three-year term commencing August 1, 2018. He is an associate professor of law, policy, and sustainability at the University of British Columbia.  He has a PhD in Resource Management and Environmental Studies from UBC, a law degree from the University of Toronto, and a business degree from the University of Alberta. His career has included serving as the executive director of Ecojustice, appearing before the Supreme Court of Canada, and working as a special advisor on sustainability for Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin. He has advised many governments on environmental, constitutional, and human rights policy and co-chaired Vancouver’s effort to become the world’s greenest city by 2020.  Boyd is also the author of nine books and over 100 reports and articles on environmental law and policy, human rights, and constitutional law. His most recent books include The Rights of Nature (ECW Press, 2017), Cleaner, Greener, Healthier: A Prescription for Stronger Canadian Environmental Laws and Policies (UBC Press, 2015) and The Environmental Rights Revolution: A Global Study of Constitutions, Human Rights, and the Environment (UBC Press, 2012). 

Environmental Pollution and Human Rights – Challenges and Solutions: Thursday @ 1:45 .p.m

The Hon Sir Marston Gibson K.A.

Chief Justice, Barbados

Sir Marston has been Chief Justice and President of the Court of Appeal of Barbados since 1 September 2011. A former Lecturer in Law at the Faculty of Law, UWI, he served for 22 years with the New York State Court system. Chief Justice Gibson is Chief Scout and President of the Barbados Boys Scouts Association, as well as the Patron of the Barbados National Organisation of the Disabled (BARNOD). His main hobby is music. He plays the bass and acoustic guitars, and currently sings bass in the choir at St. Ambrose Church.

Judicial Stress: Thursday @ 3:10 .p.m

Dr Joseph Sadek

Professor of Psychiatry at Dalhousie University

Dr. Sadek is a Professor of Psychiatry at Dalhousie University and the clinical and academic leader, Nova Scotia Hospital, Acute Care. He chaired the provincial Suicide Prevention Task Force and served as the Vice president for the Canadian ADHD resource Alliance (CADDRA) and the head of the Neurosciences professional competency unit component at Dalhousie University.  Dr. Sadek is a Diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (DABPN) and fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC) (2005). He also holds a pharmacy degree (B.Sc. Pharm), MBA from St. Mary’s University in Halifax and completed the GCSRT at Harvard University and his psychiatry residency program (Dalhousie University) (2004). He served at the Dalhousie University Senate and worked in different committees and boards including The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, Ottawa (CCES), NS Provincial Education Group, Dalhousie Progress and Curriculum Committee, and The Research Ethics Board. He was the vice president of the District Medical Staff Association, CDHA. Dr. Sadek authored 4 books including a Clinician’s guide to ADHD (2013), adult ADHD comorbidities (2016), Children and Adolescents ADHD comorbidities (2018), and suicide risk assessment (2018).  Latest Awards received include:” the 2017 St. Mary’s University MBA Alumni Impact Award, Harvard Medical School Award for the Capstone Research Project 2015 and The NS House of Assembly Community Recognition in 2019. 

Judicial Stress: Thursday @ 3:10 .p.m

The Hon Mr Justice Shiraz Aziz

Judge, Supreme Court of Turks and Caicos

Justice Shiraz Aziz, obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of London (Hons) in 1993 and LEC from the High Wooding Law School. He was admitted to the Bar in 1997. He gained his LLM in Environmental Law (2000). Justice Aziz has been certified as a mediator and a mediation trainer (2003-2004) with Stitt Feld Handy Group, Canada. Justice Aziz has attended and provided various training sessions in the United Kingdom, Eastern Caribbean, Africa, Pakistan, Algeria and Singapore (2006 -2014).  In April 2015 he was appointed as High Court Judge to the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) and assigned to Grenada.  Justice Aziz has been the chairperson of the mediation committee in Grenada and also been appointed as a member to the Sentencing Advisory Committee to the ESCS. He has a keen interest in continuing judicial and legal education including mediation and arbitration and is currently involved with other committees in putting together courses focusing on effective court leadership, case management and court governance.  In April 2018, Justice Aziz was appointed to the Supreme Court of Turks and Caicos Islands, dealing with civil, matrimonial and criminal cases, in during his time he has also acted as Chief Justice. He is currently working along with the Chief Justice of Turks and Caicos to revise and implement various rules, guidelines and procedures for better case management.

Eliminating Delay through the Use of ADR: Thursday @ 3:10 .p.m

The Hon Nancy Flatters, QC

Judge (Ret.)

Nancy Flatters was appointed July 1996 as a Provincial Court of Alberta Judge (Calgary Family and Youth Court) and retired November 2015. From 1982 until her appointment, Nancy practiced as a Civil & Family Lawyer & Mediator and taught and trained others in Mediation, ADR, Judicial Dispute Resolution Settlement (JDR/JSC), Domestic/Interpersonal Violence (including as an Adjunct, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary, 1988-2008). As a volunteer, she continued training and educating others internationally during her Judicial years. Nancy now practices as an Evaluative High Conflict Mediator, Guardianship & Trusteeship Mediator & Family Matters Med/Arb & Arbitrator. She continues her international training and education programmes, amongst other diverse special areas, in Basic & Advanced Civil & Family Mediation, Generic & Family Arbitration, ADR, Policing, Child Advocacy, Youth Dispute Resolution, Access to Problem-solving Justice, JDR/JSC. Nancy brings a long experience in dispute resolution to her practice, training and education work, volunteer leadership in local, provincial, national and international dispute resolution organisations, and as a local mentor and volunteer. She continues with her commitment to build bridges in all aspects of her work as a Practitioner, Trainer, Educator, Volunteer and Mentor. She is a Chartered Mediator (Arbitration & Mediation Institute of Canada), Certified Civil/Family Mediator & Civil/Family Mediation Trainer (Mediation Board of Trinidad and Tobago), Advanced Practitioner Mediator & Approved Family/Divorce Trainer (Association of Conflict Resolution (ACR – USA based), Brain Story Certified (Alberta Family Wellness Initiative), and trained in trauma, elder and child consultant work.

Eliminating Delay through the Use of ADR: Thursday @ 3:10 .p.m

Ms Julie-Ann Ellis Bradley

Partner, Bradley Ellis & Co

Julie-Ann is a founding partner in the law firm of Bradley Ellis & Co. She began her legal career at Nunes Scholefield DeLeon & Co in Jamaica in 2007. Prior to cofounding Bradley Ellis & Co she was Corporate Counsel for one of Belize’s largest companies and later an Associate in firm of Barrow & Williams LLP (Belize). Her areas of focus include corporate & commercial transactions, insurance, probate, real estate and conflict management. She is a certified Mediator, an Arbitrator and an Adjunct Lecturer in Law and Conflict Resolution at the University of the West Indies, Open Campus, Belize (since 2009). She sits on Belize’s National Mediation Committee and has assisted in drafting mediation and arbitration legislation, training mediators and implementing Court Connect Mediation at the Supreme, Magistrate and Family Courts. In 2017 she successfully completed an executive training course in Advanced Mediation at Harvard University’s Programme on Negotiation. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Media and Communication from the University of the West Indies.

Eliminating Delay through the Use of ADR: Thursday @ 3:10 .p.m