(Barbados Nation) A delinquent court system. That’s how the Barbados Bar Association described the justice system in Barbados in a stinging letter sent to the Acting Chief Justice Sherman Moore earlier this week.
“As president of the Bar, it is my duty to inform you of the general feeling of the Bar, that the wheels of our judicial system are grinding to a halt,” president Leslie Haynes said.
In the letter, a copy of which was obtained by the DAILY NATION, the Bar Association, which represents over 700 attorneys, particularly complained about the “dysfunction of the civil justice system of Barbados”, noting it offended the constitutional right of people’s access to justice and was now a matter of grave national importance.
“The average court experience is characterised by unexplained delays, inefficient scheduling, missing and or incomplete court files, lack of proper accommodation for attorneys and litigants and an inability to have matters heard.
“. . . If this dysfunction is not urgently addressed it will deteriorate into a complete breakdown of the civil justice system in Barbados,” the letter stated.
