The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) announces revised arrangements for assigning judges to its court panels, saying that all judges will sit on all panels unless they are formally excused for a legitimate reason. The changes are communicated in an official notice and take effect immediately.
Both outlets describe the same core rule: panel membership is expanded to include every judge of the court, with exceptions only where a judge is formally excused. Kaieteur News frames the decision in the context of controversy and allegations of “panel fixing,” referring to concerns that prior panel assignments may have been manipulated. Nation News focuses more directly on the procedural update itself, emphasizing the “immediate effect” implementation and the formal excusal requirement.
Overall, the reporting agrees that the CCJ has altered its panel-assignment process to ensure broader participation by all judges and to limit departures from that arrangement to formally excused cases. The outlets differ mainly in the amount of attention paid to the surrounding controversy, rather than the substance of the new rule.
