Janice Pereira

Dame Janice Mesadis Pereira (née George), DBE is the Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.[1] She became the first female Chief Justice and the first person from the British Virgin Islands to become Chief Justice in 2012.

As Chief Justice of the Court, she is the supreme judicial officer of the courts of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. She was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2013.[2]

Supervisor of elections

Prior to joining the judiciary, as a practising lawyer Janice Pereira twice acted as supervisor for elections in the British Virgin Islands in the 1983 general election (under her maiden name) and in the 1986 general election (under her first married name, Janice George-Creque).[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Justice Janice Pereira is New Chief Justice of the ECSC". 8 August 2012.
  2. ↑ Profile, nevispages.com; accessed 3 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "BVI election and information results 1950-2011" (PDF). BVI Deputy Governor's Office. p. 7.
Political offices
Preceded by
Hugh Anthony Rawlins		 Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
2012 - present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent


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