After a law career spanning nearly five decades, 18 of which were as a Caribbean Court of Justice Judge, the Honorable Mr Justice Jacob Wit has retired from the post.
The reason for his retirement is cited as ill health.
On his departure, the CCJ President, the Hon. Mr Justice Adrian Saunders, stated “this is a sad day for the Court, especially since Justice Wit and I formed part of the inaugural Bench of the Court. He was the lone Civil Law Judge on the current CCJ Bench with rich experience in military law, administrative law, constitutional law, and international human rights law. His involvement with the CCJ Academy for Law and his role in coordinating the Academy’s most recent Biennial Conference and Regional Town Hall focusing on crime are recognised and deeply appreciated. I will certainly miss him and his contributions.”
Justice Mr Jacob Wit, was born in Haarlemmermeer, 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 honors and 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.
Enjoy your retirement Justice Jacob.UWP used Chief Justice Sir Brian George Keith Alleyne QC in a dual citizenship matter involving Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit.That case was thrown in the court’s garbage pail.Now that Sir Brian is sick the ungrateful UWP turn the back on him.The media whore on q95 is no longer parroting the name of Sir Brian.