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Sir Dennis Byron, Chief
Justice of the Eastern Caribbean has been appointed to Her Majesty’s Most
Honourable Privy Council.
News of the appointment has been communicated to Sir Dennis by Britain’s Prime
Minister, Tony Blair.
Sir Dennis is currently on leave from the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court,
serving as a Permanent Judge of the international Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda,
which operates from Arusha, Tanzania.
The title of Privy Counsellor is the latest to be conferred on Sir Dennis in
recent times. Earlier this year, he was appointed as an Honorary Bencher of the
Honourable Society of the Inner Temple.
Sir Dennis was appointed to the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme
Court in 1990. Before that, he had served as a High Court Judge in Antigua,
Montserrat, Dominica and St. Lucia. In April 1999, he was appointed Chief
Justice.
In recent years, Sir Dennis’ reputation in the fields of Judicial Education and
Judicial Reform has attracted attention in the international community. He is
also the President of the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute which is
based in Halifax, Canada.
Although the Privy Council is a United Kingdom Institution, Members are
appointed from some Commonwealth countries. Membership of the Privy Council is
for life, and all Privy Counsellors are entitled to be styled “The Right
Honourable”.
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