Chief Magistrate Candia Carrette-George has announced that a total of 3,765 matters were filed at the magistrate’s court, while 2,053 were disposed of in 2025.
She made the announcement during a press conference on Thursday while providing a summary of cases filed and disposed across the various courts under the magistracy for the year 2025.
“A total of 3,765 matters were filed at the magistrate’s court, while 2,053 matters were disposed of, a reflection of an increase in our backlog of cases,” she said. “So it is my hope that even as we have gotten these new magistrates, additional magistrates, that we will work feverishly to reduce the case backlog and that moving forward, we will have a better report in terms of the number of disposition of matters at the magistrate’s court.”
According to her, 897 civil matters were filed, 360 were disposed of,” she said.“ Maintenance and affiliation matters that include child custody, adult custody, maintenance matters, access matters, and so on, 182 of those were filed in the family court, and 278 were disposed of.”
Furthermore, Carrette-George said that in terms of criminal matters, which always represent the second highest number of matters filed, 866 were filed and 581 disposed of.
“Traffic ticket matters, which represents our highest number, 1,324 traffic and ticket-related matters were filed, 653 disposed of [and] in the juvenile court, 19 matters were filed, 33 were disposed of,” she revealed. “Domestic violence matters, 188 filed, 58 disposed of, domestic relationships, 46 filed, 7 disposed of, child care and protection, 40 matters filed, 21 disposed of, and inquiries, 183 filed and 62 disposed of.”
She went on to add that revenue collected for the period from July to December 2025 amounted to $788,715.80 collected via fines and tickets.
As it relates to the establishment of new courtrooms, night court sittings were reintroduced in September of 2025.
The night court sits from 2 PM to 9 PM and hears criminal trials as well as civil trials.
She pointed out that case management hearings will begin this month, January 2026.
“The reason we have not yet started is because the magistrate that has been assigned to do case management is currently on vacation leave,” Carrette-George explained. “Upon her return, we will begin.”
She said these hearings will serve as pre-trial hearings.
“At these hearings, the presiding magistrate will assess case readiness before the case is scheduled for trial, particularly in private criminal matters and for persons who are out on bail,” she noted. “The suitability of matters for hearing before the night court will also be determined at case management.”
She asserted that through this initiative, there should be a significant reduction in wasted judicial time, as once the matters are listed for trial, they are ready and will proceed as scheduled without the need for excessive adjournments.
As it relates to Coroners’ Court, she said it presently convenes three times per week: on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
In an attempt to accelerate the completion of inquest matters and facilitate quicker disposition, Carrette-George said a dedicated courtroom has been established to facilitate daily sittings, Mondays to Fridays.
“You would have heard me say that in terms of inquest, 183 were filed in 2025, and 62 were disposed of. And in my estimation, it’s not good enough. We need to do better. So certain things…would help us to do better,” she noted.
In that regard, she stated that the challenge of timely completion of the inquest process is mainly in securing jurors for the conducting of inquest, and the service of summons for this court.
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