Leon appointed to Caribbean Court

By Julius Melnitzer

Barry Leon, MBA'71, a litigator, arbitrator and mediator at Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall, has been appointed Commercial Judge of the High Court of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, effective March 16, 2015 for a three-year term. He will succeed the first judge of the Commercial Division, Justice Edward Bannister, an English barrister, who has held the position since 2009.

The ECSC is a superior court for the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States – which include Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Anguilla, Montserrat and BVI. It has unlimited jurisdiction in each member State.