Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) president Justice Winston Charles Anderson has been accused by a majority of his fellow judges of governing the regional court in an “authoritarian” and “dictatorial” manner.

The complaints range from unilaterally imposing a judicial dress code to allegations of “panel fixing” and attempts to influence the outcome of cases.

Internal correspondence exclusively obtained by the Sunday Express shows that five of the CCJ’s six sitting judges challenged Justice Anderson’s leadership, with one war­ning of “creeping patterns of anti-democratic approaches” and another calling for an urgent meeting to address “a level of disenchantment that may well be approaching a crisis point if left unaddressed”.

Justice Anderson, a Jamai­can, was sworn in as CCJ president on July 6, 2025.

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The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has reaffirmed its commitment to judicial independence, inte­grity and public confidence in the administration of justice, following questions and allegations which the court says could be misunderstood or mischaracterised without the proper context

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Eboe-­Osuji’s removal from panel sparks row among CCJ judges

The directive was delivered without explanation by Justice Anderson in an e-mail dated June 26, 2026, to Justices Chile Eboe-Osuji and Arif Bulkan, advising that he had “determined that a change in the panel” to hear the D’Almada v TT, Jamaica and Caricom case was “desirable”.

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