Byron Blake | Appreciating the CCJ: History, nature, and protective shield

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is unique. It was birthed in an environment hostile to its existence. That, in large measure, explains its elephant-like gestation. The idea of a Caribbean Court of Appeal was floated by Jamaica in 1970, and the CCJ became a legal entity in 2003. It was 33 years in the making. The idea went through the furnace, and in my view, emerged as a diamond. But diamonds are not without flaws.