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ALBERT KODZO FIADJOE

Professor of Public Law

Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies
Cave Hill Campus, P.O. Box 64
Bridgetown, BARBADOS BB11000

 

Tel: Work 246-417-4242
Tel: Home 246-424-6354
Fax 246-424-0109
Cell 246-260-3270
Email afiadjoe@caribsurf.com

 

 

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

1956 - 1962   -       Achimota School, Accra, GHANA
1962 – 1966  -       University of Ghana (School of Law)
1966 – 1969  -       University of London, England

 

QUALIFICATIONS:                 

1965  - LL.B.  (Hons.), University of Ghana
1966     - BL-Ghana School of Law, Barrister-at-Law
1967 - LL.M., University of London, England
1969  - Ph.D., University of London, England
1989 Certificate in Law Reporting (C.F.T.C./UWI/USAID)
1998 Certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution, University of Windsor,      Canada
1999  Certificate in International Arbitration & Alternative Dispute Resolution, International Law Institute in association with Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
2001 Certificate in Mediation, International Law Institute in association with Georgetown University, Washington D.C.

Certificate in Rights and Obligations of the WTO, International Law Institute in association with Georgetown University Washington DC
2004  Certificate in Teaching with Cases, UWI, Learning Resource Center

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1968 Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana and Attorney - Civil Litigation
1969 – 1975 Lecturer in Law, University of Ghana
1976 – 1979 Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Ghana
1984 Senior Lecturer, University of the West Indies, Barbados
1986 – 1989 Head, Teaching Department, Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies, Barbados
1987 - 1988 Deputy Dean (Ag.), Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies, Barbados
1989 Spring Semester - Visiting International Scholar and Associate Professor of Law, School of American & International Studies, Ramapo College of New Jersey, U.S.A.
1989 - 1991 Adjunct Professor of Law, Florida State
1996 - 1997 University Summer School in Barbados
1990 June Visiting Guest Scholar, Institute of Humanities and Law, Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA
1992 - 1995 Dean, Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies
1994 Prime mover & Sole Negotiator of the University of Toronto/University of the West Indies Exchange Program in Law
1995  Fall Semester -Visiting Professor of Law, College of Law, Florida State University, Tallahassee
1996 Spring Semester - Visiting Professor of Law, School of Law, Howard University, Washington DC
1997  Reader in Public Law
1997-2003  Director/Liaison Officer, UWI/University of California Education Abroad Program
1999   Professor of Public Law, University of the West Indies
1999 Executive Director, Caribbean Law
(Aug - Oct)  Institute Center, UWI, Barbados (Ag.)
2000 – 2003 Honorary Law Reform Commissioner for Belize

 

REFERRED SCHOLARLY OUTPUT

Books And Book Chapters (Subject to Peer Review)

(1)     Alternative Dispute Resolution – A Developing World Perspective.  2004, Cavendish Publishing Co. Ltd. (UK) – Circa 200 pages

(2)     Caribbean Public Law, 2nd Edition, 1999, Cavendish Publishing Co. Ltd. (UK) - 295 Pages

(3)     Caribbean Public Law, 1st Edition, 1996, - Published by Cavendish Publishing Ltd. (UK) - 238 pages

(4)    The Ghanaian Law of Torts (jointly with Prof. Samuel K. Date-Bah) - published by
         The University of Ghana Press - 1978 - 200 pages

  1. Commonwealth Caribbean Legal Studies, Butterworths, London, 1992, Chapter on Judicial Approaches to Constitutional and Statutory Exclusion of Judicial Review in Commonwealth Caribbean Public Law - 18 pages

  2. Essays in Ghanaian Law (Ghana Publishing Corporation, 1976), Eds: G. Woodman and W.C.E. Daniels - Chapter on "A Century of Company Law in Ghana" - 12 pages

  3. Chief Justice Telford Georges- A Legal Odyssey  (a book on the life and times of His Lordship Telford Georges) with Prof. Kodilinye. Completed January  2005.  Awaiting publication by Ian Randle Publishers, Jamaica

 

NON-REFERRED SCHOLARLY OUTPUT

 

Law Reports


(a)  Editor, OECS Law Reports Vol. III - Grenada Law Reports (with Dr. N.J.O. Liverpool) 1995 - Published by UWI/USAID Caribbean Justice Improvement Project - 641 pages

(b) Editor, Cases on Commonwealth Caribbean Bills of Rights (with Dr. N.J.O. Liverpool) 1991 - Published by UWI/USAID Caribbean Justice Improvement Project - 655 pages

(c) Compiler, Commercial, Business and Trade Laws - Caribbean Trade and Business Law 1990 (With Sir Fred Phillips) - Published by Oceana Inc., New York, April 1991 - 600 pages.

Books Reviews
Book Review: The Constitution and You (Barbados) by Mr. L. Inniss (1992) Sunday Sun, Barbados - 11 pages.

 

 SAMPLE OF CITATIONS OF PUBLICATIONS IN OTHER WORKS

1.   Book
Caribbean Public Law, 1st edn.

(a)        Cited in Re Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Co. Ltd., Supreme Court of Guyana, High Court, Suit 4491 of 1995                       decided 13 January, 1997

(b)      Cited in Re Aubrey Norton, Supreme Court of Guyana, High Court Suit 5932 of 1997

(c)      Cited in a Paper on Dispute Settlement Practices in the Commonwealth Caribbean at the XVIth Inter-American                   

Commercial Arbitration Commission (IACAC) Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 11-13, 1997

(d)        No less than nine citations made of Chapter on Locus Standi in a Law   Commission Working Paper on Public Interest             

Litigation issued by the Law Commission of Trinidad and Tobago, September 15, 1997

(e)        Reviewed by Prof. G. R. Woodman in (1997) Vol.1 1, Caribbean Law Review 414

(f)        Reviewed by G. Broadbent in (1998) Vol. 32, 1, The Law Teacher 111

(g)        Cited in Re Hanoman, Supreme Court of Guyana, Suit 23M of 1999

(h)        Cited in arguments in the High Court, Barbados in Sally Cools v. Medical Council, 1997

  1. Cited in Pearson Small v Belgrave in the High Court, Barbados, 2000

(j)         Numerous other citations in the Supreme Court decisions across the Caribbean


2.    Sample Of Articles Cited In Other Works

(i)      An Overview of the Public Law Revolution in the Commonwealth Caribbean, (1992) 21 Anglo- American Law Review 310 - Cited in the Supreme Court of Belize in the case of John Rivas v. Belize Advisory Council, Supreme Court Action No. 299 of 1991.

(ii)     Is there a Right to Pre-trial disclosure in West Indian Constitutional Law? (1996) 6 Caribbean Law Review 273 - Cited in arguments adopted by the High Court in the Belizean case of Courtenay v. Attorney of Belize.

(iii)    The Clock Reversed(1990) 14 W.I.L.J 17 - Cited in a Law Commission Working Paper on Public Interest Litigation issued by the Law Commission of Trinidad & Tobago, September 15, 1997.

(iv)    Citation by the Privy Council of the Grenada Law Reports in Michael Yearwood v. R., Privy Council Appeal #75 0f 2000 OECS Law Reports Vol.1

3.    Articles/Case Notes

(1)     Estimates Don’t Hold Water - Case Comment on Knitwear Ltd v. The Barbados Water
         Authority (1997) 7 Carib. L. R. 414 - 5 pages

(2)     Is there a Right to Pre-Trial Disclosure in West Indian Constitutional Law? (1996) 6 Carib. L R. 273 - 45 pages

(3)     Oil Over Troubled Waters:  The Constitutional Implications of a Pre-Trial Pardon in Trinidad & Tobago - Florida State          University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy, Florida State University (1994) Vol. 3 No. 1, 41 - 11 pages

(4)     Public Service Law - The Developing Jurisprudence - A Case Note on Dyer v. Williams 1991.  Vol. 1 No. 2 Caribbean         Law Review 88 - 11 pages

(5)     Police Powers - With Reference to Search, Arrest, Confessions and Admission (With Prof. C.E.K. Kumado) - In a report         to the Ninth Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Conference, Sydney, New South Wales in September, 1991 - 10         pages

(6)     An Overview of the Public Law Revolution in the Commonwealth Caribbean - (1992) 21 Anglo-American Law Review 310         - 31 pages

(7)     Damages for Administrative Errors: The Developing Jurisprudence (1991) 16 West Indian Law Journal 59 - 8 pages

(8)     The Clock Reversed: A Case Note on Richards and James v. The Attorney General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines          (1991) 14 West Indian Law Journal 16 - 15 pages

(9)     Legal Factors Involved in the Provision of Family Planning Services to Special Groups in Legal Aspects of Nursing and         Midwifery, Patients' Rights and Protection, UWI - Johns Hopkins Publication 1990 - 26 pages

(10)   Natural Justice versus National Security: A Sequel to the Council of Civil Service Unions
         Case, (1988) West Indian Law Journal 60 - 4 pages

(11)   Judicial Attitudes to Commonwealth Caribbean Constitutions (1991) 20 Anglo-American
        Review 116 Vol. 20 - 14 pages

(12)   Human Rights and Comparative Constitutions - A Non-Traditional View - 1989 West Indian Law Journal 1 - 22 pages

(13)   The Westminster Transplant in the Commonwealth Caribbean - 1987 West Indian Law
         Journal 64 - 15 pages

(14)   Book Review: West Indian Constitutions:  Post Independence Reform - [1986] Public Law 500 - 4 pages

(15)   Natural Justice versus National Security - Case Comment on R. v. Secretary of State for the
         Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ex Parte CCSU - 1984 October West Indian Law Journal 220 -10 pages

(16)   Fundamental Freedoms and Rights of Property Judicial Activism Beyond Recall 1984
        October West Indian Law Journal 212 - 8 pages

(17)   The Position of the Non-Member Director and the Oppression Remedy - (1976) 8 Review of Ghana Law 236

(18)   Till Divorce Us Do Part - A Look at the Law and Practice in Matrimonial Causes in Ghana - Silver Jubilee Anniversary Lecture         delivered at the University of Ghana, Legon on 17th January 1974, and repeated at the British Council Hall, Accra at the request         of the Ghana Home Science Association.  The Universitas (1974) Vol. 4 No. 1, 151

(19)   Easy Divorce - Right About Turn:  A Note on Knudsen v. Knudsen - (1974) Review of Ghana Law 18

(20)   Shareholders and the Oppression Remedy - (1975) 7 Review of Ghana Law 136

(21)   Companies and Creditor Rights:  Salomon v. Salomon - The Ghanaian Experience - (1973) 5 Review of Ghana Law 187

(22)   The Standard of Proof of Adultery in Divorce Cases - (1973) 5 Review of Ghana Law 63

(23)   To Stop or Not to Stop - That is the Motorist's question - The Dilemma at Traffic Lights  - (1973) 10 University of Ghana         Law Journal 74

(24)   Book Review: Tort by C.D. Baker - (1972) 4 Review of Ghana Law 258

(25)   Fatal Accident Claims - Can one Claim for Mental Distress? - (1972) 4 Review of Ghana Law 143

(26)   Fatal Accidents: Capacity to Sue - (1972) Review of Ghana Law 65

(27)   The Discretion of a Prosecutor to call Witnesses - (1972) 4 Review of Ghana Law 284

(28)   Conversion: A new twist- Archibold v. C.F.A.O. Revisited - (1972) 4 Rev. of Ghana Law 78

(29)   The Police Service Act, 1970, Act 35 - (1972) 9 University of Ghana Law Journal 81

(30)   Registration of Prospective Members of a Company - (1971) 3 Review of Ghana Law 39

(31)   Seduction Actions:  The Ghanaian Experience jointly with Dr. S.K. Date-Bah - (1971) 3
         Review of Ghana Law 39

(32)   A Point of Jurisdiction - Steiner v. Steiner - (1970) 2 Review of Ghana Law 73

(33)   Failing to Plead Res Ipsa Loquitur - A note on Nelson v. Klutse - (1970) 2 Review of Ghana Law 97

(34)   Company Returns - Some Random Thoughts on the Annual Return (1970) 2 Review of
         Ghana Law 97

(35)   Recent Judicial Pronouncements on Matrimonial Property: Clerk v. Clerk (1969) 1
         Review of Ghana Law 66

(36)   Recent Judicial Pronouncements on Matrimonial Property: Canfor v. Kpodo (1969) 1 Review of Ghana Law 62

(37)   The Pre-Incorporation Contract and section 13 of the Companies Code - a Rejoinder (1969) 6 University of Ghana Journal          410

(38)   Gall v. Gall (1967) 4 University of Ghana Law Journal 75

(39)   Juliana Ashong v. Daniel Cobblah Ashong- an Exercise in Excessive Judicial Caution  (1969) 6 University of Ghana Law          Journal 53

(40)   Insane Delusion - a Critique of R. Seidman's Article (1965) 2 Univ. of Ghana L. Journal 74

(41)   Of Conflicts and Dispute Resolution Processes, The Caribbean Law Review, vol 10 No 1, 2000, p 58 -16 pages

  1. Access to Justice –What Has the Ombudsman Got to do with it?  www.uwichill.edu.bb/bnccde/belize/conference/papers/fiadjoe.html
  2. Skating on Thin Ice – Cable & Wireless (Dominica) Ltd. v. Marpins Ltd. [2001]     Caribbean Law Review, Vol 11, No 2, 178

(44)   The Independence of the Judiciary, 2001 Caribbean Law Bulletin, vol 6 No. 1, 8

(45)   Droit Public – Caribbean Style:  3rd. Distinguished J. O. F. Haynes Memorial Lecture November 15, 2002, University of          Guyana, in 2004 Guyana Law Review

(46)   Alternative Dispute Resolution – An Overview: Delivered to the Judicial Update Forum, Barbados, to be published as part          of         the Jack Dear Memorial Lecture Series

(47)   Natural Justice: An Extension to the Principle in Bias, 2004 Vol. 13 No. 1Caribbean Law Review 86

  1. Disciplinary Proceedings against the Bar - What is the proper role of the Court of Appeal? To be published in 2004 Caribbean  Law Review
  2. Amending to Hang: The Constitution, Privy Council and Human Rights,  2003, 20 Student Law Review, 32

 

Non Referred Articles /Case Notes

(50)   The Rise of Public Law in the Caribbean published in the 1997 Vol. 13 Student Law
         Review, Cave Hill - 163 - 9 pages

(51)   Tidbits in the Law - 1985 Students Law Review 1 - 11 pages

 

HONORIFIC AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIP

Member:    
Society of Public Teachers of Law (UK)
British Institute of Securities (UK)
Ghana Bar Association (Ghana)
Notary Public (Ghana)
West Indies Group of University Teachers (WIGUT)
Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR, USA), 2005
Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, July 2005

 

INVITATION TO PRESENT PAPERS AT DISTINGUISHED ACADEMIC MEETINGS

  1. The US Constitutional System and the Rule of Law - Paper presented to an International Group of 25 Lawyers, Meridian International Center, Washington D.C. April 29, 1996

  2. The Rules of Natural Justice - UWI/USAID Guyana Justice Improvement Project Workshop on Administrative Justice, delivered to the Judges of the Guyana Supreme Court, Guyana December 14, 1995
  1. Whither Caribbean Public Law? - Academic Enrichment Seminar, College of Law, Florida State University, November 30, 1995

  2. Arbitration/Alternative Dispute Resolution and the Law School Curriculum - Paper presented at the Dover Convention Center, April 1995

      e.  The Development of Public Law in the Caribbean - Paper presented at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto,                      Canada, April 1995

      f.   Human Rights and Comparative Constitutions - A Non-Traditional View - delivered at the Institute of Humanities           and            Law, Mahwah, New Jersey, USA, 1990, to a Panel of Academic Lawyers, Anthropologists and Legal Philosophers.

      g.  The Westminster Transplant in the Commonwealth Caribbean -Some Pertinent Issues - Paper presented at the                      Washington Center, USA in January 1989

      h.  The Nurses and Midwives Acts - Paper presented in Antigua in May 1988 at a Teleconference on the Legal Aspects of Nursing            sponsored by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in conjunction with the Caribbean Justice Improvement Project            (CJIP)

      i.   Paper Presented at the Dover Convention Centre, Barbados in November 1987 at a conference to celebrate the Bi-Centennial of the            U.S. Constitution on the theme "Stability and Change in Constitutions"

      j.   International Human Rights Norms and the Judicial Function, Heywoods, Barbados 1993 (sponsored by the Inter-American                       Commission on Human Rights)

      k.  Regional Seminar on Training and Judicial Co- operation Against Drugs for French-Speaking and English- Speaking Justice            officials of the Caribbean Region, Fort de France, Martinique, December 15 - 17, 1992

      l.   Workshop on Environmental Law, UWI/Dalhousie University - November 20-22, 1992, Barbados

      m. The Public Law Revolution in the Commonwealth Caribbean - Guest Speaker, Barbados Bar Association Annual Dinner, 1985

      n.  A Lawyer for the Millenium? - Guest Speaker, Barbados Bar Association Annual Dinner, 1999

      o.  The Independence of the Judiciary - Guest Speaker, Guyana Bar Association Annual Conference, 2000

      p.  Amending to Hang: The Constitution, The Privy Council and Human Rights - Faculty of Law Public Forum, Cave Hill,            November 13, 2002

      q.  ADR and Family Disputes - Bench/Bar Colloquium, Belize, Nov. 22, 2002

      r.  Droit Public Caribbean Style – Retrospects and Prospects - The 3rd. J. O. F Haynes Memorial Lecture, Turkeyen, Guyana,             November 2002.

      s.  Overview of ADR - Caribbean Law Institute Workshop for the OECS Judges, St. Lucia, Dec. 5, 2002

      t.  PAHO\CARICOM Workshop on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Measures) under the WTO, Barbados, April 7-8,             2003.

      u.  Managing Our Constitutions - UWI School of Continuing Studies, St. Kitts & Nevis, May, 2003

      v.  2nd Caribbean Conference on Dispute Resolution – Riding the tides of Troubled Times,

           Kingston, Jamaica, May 2004
Feature Address – The Changing Role of Mediation in CARICOM

INVITATIONS TO SERVE ON NATIONAL/REGIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC AND SCHOLARLY BODIES

1990    Invited to assist with a Project organized by the IDRC (Canada) on Small Business Enterprise Development in the Organization of            Caribbean States

1993    Appointed by the Government of the Gambia to advise on the reform of the laws governing the Financial Sector in the Gambia            (with Mr. Justice Austin N. E. Amissah)

1994    Appointed by the United Nations Development Project (UNDP) to advise on the Regulatory Reform of the Public Service of St.            Kitts & Nevis (with Dr. K. Anthony, now the Prime Minister of St. Lucia)

1996    Appointed by the Commonwealth Secretariat (UK) to advise on the Regulatory Reform of the Public Service of Ghana (with Nick            Manning (UK) and Patrick Fitzgerald (S. Africa) May/June, 1996

1997    Appointed by the Caribbean Examinations Council to serve as Chairman of the Caribbean Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) Subject            Panel for Law.

1997    Appointed by the Government of Barbados to advise on the regulatory reform of the Public Service of Barbados

1997    Appointed by the Government of Barbados to advise on Legislation to Convert Casual Employees in the Public Service to Public            Officers

1997    Appointed by the University of California as the Liaison Officer of the California Education Abroad Programme in Barbados

1997    Specially invited to participate in the Workshop on Alternative Dispute Resolution Process organized by the Inter-American           Commercial Arbitration Commission, Washington, USA

1998    Appointed by the Dean of Law to serve on the Board of the Council of Legal Education

1998    Appointed by the Dean of Law to serve on the Editorial Committee of the Caribbean Law Review

1998    Appointed by the Government of Barbados as a member of the Commission for Africa and African Diaspora

1998    Invited by the Barbados Association of Certified Accountants to serve as Consultant to their Certification Programme

1999    Appointed a member of the Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution Project organized by the Florida State University and the
           Caribbean Law Institute Center, UWI

2000    Appointed to serve on a World Bank/Canadian (IDMAG) team as consultant on the Regulatory Reform of the Public Services of            Ghana

2000    Appointed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations as consultant to update the Veterinary Laws of Guyana.             Two pieces of legislation passed in 2003.

2001    Appointed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations as consultant to update the Veterinary Drug Legislation            of Barbados

2001    Appointed by the UNDP as Constitutional Law Advisor: Constitutional reform in Antigua and Barbuda

2001    Appointed by the UNDP as consultant to advise on constitutional reform in St. Kitts and Nevis

2001    Appointed by the Government of the British Virgin Islands as sole consultant to re-write a new Evidence Law for the BVI

2001    World Bank/Continental Consultants Project on a new Local Government Service Law for Ghana

2002    Appointed by the Government of Barbados as consultant to advise on the structural reform of the Civil Registry

2002    Appointed by the UNDP as Constitutional Law Advisor:  Constitutional Reform in Grenada

2002    Member, Campus Council, Mona, University of the West Indies

2002    Member, Board of Undergraduate Studies, Cave Hill, UWI

2003    UNDP Constitutional Law and Systems Expert, continuation of the Constitutional Reform Process in St. Kitts and Nevis dealing           with the question of secession

2003    September 2003 – March 2004, Organization Of American States (OAS), Project by the Unit for the Promotion of Democracy            (UPD).  A comprehensive study to reform the Civil Registries in Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Lucia and St.            Vincent.  Also, the Project is to formulate recommendations against identity fraud.  (Project ongoing).

2003    November – Organization of American States (OAS) - Member - Electoral Observer Mission, Grenada

2003    December – UNDP - Sole Member to undertake a Technical Mission on the constitutional reform process in St. Kitts and Nevis.

2004    February -- UNDP (BELIZE), Sole ConsultantAccess to Justice in Belize

2004-2005 – UNICEF (BELIZE) – Establishment of a Primary Dispute Resolution process in the Belize Family Court.

2005    January – Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) – Advice & Opinion on the legal status of the CRNM for the Heads            of Government of Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

2006    Lead Consultant, National Dialogue Process for St. Kitts and Nevis

 

GRADUATE STUDENTS SUPERVISION

PhD Theses Supervised

(a)      Sonia Richards - The Development of the Judiciary in Barbados - Ph.D. degree awarded in 1990

(b)      Valerie Sawyer - The Concept of Legitimate Expectation: A Weapon for Administrative Justice in the 21stt Century? -            Ph.D. degree awarded in 1998

(c)      Hal Gollop – Judicial Review of Administrative Action:  A Critical Appraisal of Aspects of Governmental Administrative            Machinery in Barbados (Currently ongoing)

LL.M. Theses and Research Papers SupervisedCirca 150

LL.M. Students supervised as at December 2005 (List of students and Titles of Theses and Research Papers available at the Graduate Section of the Registry, Cave Hill)

(These Theses and Research Papers represent the works of students drawn from the Caribbean, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, whose presence at Cave Hill brings international respectability to the work of the Faculty)

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

1998 - Designed new course on Alternative Dispute Resolution

1986    Responsible for developing and redesigning the LL.M. Course in Public Law I

1990    Solely responsible for redesigning the LL.M. Course in Public Law II

 

EVIDENCE OF QUALITY TEACHING

Student Evaluation for the past  15 Years (Available on Request)

Teaching of Courses for the LL.B. & LL.M. degrees in Administrative Law, Constitutional Law & Alternative Dispute Resolution & Ph.D. degrees.

 

WORKS IN PROGRESS

Book

Companion Casebook on Commonwealth Caribbean Public Law

 

 WORKSHOPS (RECENTLY ATTENDED)

Jan 1999          ADR Workshop organized by the Florida State University

May 1999        Inter-American Institute of Human Rights Conference on international Human Rights and the                       Caribbean, Grand Barbados Hotel, Barbados

Oct 1999         Hemispheric dialogue of Technical Specialists and Policy Experts on Environmentally Sound Trade                       Expansion in the Americas, sponsored by the North-South Center, University of Miami, USA

Nov 1999        Judicial and legal Summit - The Bench and Bar in the New Millennium, Belize City, Belize

Dec 1999         Workshop on Hemispheric Network of Officials and Experts in Environmental Law, its Enforcement and                        Compliance, organized by the Organization of American States, Miami, Florida, USA

Mar 2000        Human Rights in the Caribbean, Belize City, Belize

Sept 2000        Human Rights Seminar for the Commonwealth Caribbean, Belize City, Belize

Nov 2000         Fair and Speedy Trials - Bench/Bar Colloquium: Belize City, Belize

Feb 2001         Inter-American Systems and Instruments for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, St.                        Georges, Grenada

May 2002        The Second Annual Conference of the Association of Caribbean Ombudsman (CAROA), the Hilton, Trinidad

April 2003       PAHO/CARICOM Workshop on Sanitary & Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Measures) under the WTO

February 2004 Teaching with Cases, UWI, Education Media Services, Cave Hill Campus 

April 2004       Establishment of the /Caribbean Court of Justice: The Effect on Intellectual Property and International Trade

May 5, 2004    2nd Conference of Caribbean Mediators, Jamaica

Sept. 2005       Association for Conflict Resolution, Minneapolis, USA

2005/2006       Conducted 3 Workshops in Belize for the Belize
Family Court and the UNICEF in Alternative Dispute Resolution
                      Processes

TEACHING /EXAMINATIONS IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS

Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA
Howard School of Law, Washington DC
Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC)
University of Guyana
College of the Bahamas

EXPERT TESTIMONY

 

Expert evidence given in the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida in the case of Belize Telecom Ltd et al v. The Government of Belize.
Case No. 05-20470-CIV-Ungaro-Benages, decided on August 16, 2005

EXPERT RECOGNITION

Appointed member of a three-man panel of International Arbitrators under the UNCITRAL RULES of the UN,   NEWCO LTD & LUFTHANSA v. GOVT. OF BELIZE (Ongoing)

 

PRINCIPAL'S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE, UWI, CAVE HILL

December 2006 - Recognized for the Principal's Award for Excellence in research accomplishments.

CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE - EVALUATION

December 14, 2006 - Appointed by the Commonwealth Secretariat, UK to undertake an analysis of the CCJ's first 18 months at a Workshop for Justices and Registrars of Final / Regional Appellate Courts.


Updated December 2006

 

 

 

 



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