Janice Pereira
Janice M. Pereira | |
|---|---|
.png) Pereira in 2021 | |
| Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court | |
| Assumed office 28 September 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Hugh Rawlins |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Janice Mesadis George Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands |
| Alma mater | University of the West Indies, Norman Manley Law School |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Dame Janice Mesadis Pereira (née George; formerly: George-Creque, Creque) DBE, is the Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.[1] She became the first female Chief Justice and the first person from the British Virgin Islands to become Chief Justice in 2012.[2]
Early life[edit]
She was originally called to the Bar of the British Virgin Islands in 1981, and became a High Court judge in 2003. She was promoted to the Court of Appeal on 9 January 2009 before being appointed to the Chief Justice in 2012.[3]
As Chief Justice of the Court, she is the supreme judicial officer of the courts of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. She was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2013.[4]
Supervisor of elections[edit]
Prior to joining the judiciary, as a practising lawyer Janice Pereira twice acted as supervisor for elections in the British Virgin Islands in the 1983 general election (under her maiden name) and in the 1986 general election (under her first married name, Janice George-Creque).[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Justice Janice Pereira is New Chief Justice of the ECSC". 8 August 2012. Archived from the original on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ^ "First female Chief Justice for the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court". 26 October 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- ^ "Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court receives honour". 8 May 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- ^ Profile, nevispages.com; accessed 3 April 2014.
- ^ "BVI election and information results 1950–2011" (PDF). BVI Deputy Governor's Office. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2014.
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