Justice Wynante Adrien-Roberts new resident judge for Dominica, will take charge from September 1

The new judge assigned to Dominica by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court will be Justice Wynante Adrien-Roberts. Replacing Justice Victoria Charles-Clarke who has been shifted to Grenada, the new judge will assume chair on September 1, this year. Justice Charles-Clarke was assigned to Dominica in September 2016.

Justice Adrien-Roberts, a Dominican, was appointed as a judge in August 2015 and has been assigned to Grenada since then. Before being appointed judge, Justice Adrien Roberts had more than 20 years’ experience in practising law in the Caribbean, especially in Dominica.

The appointment was made this week by Chairman of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission (JLSC) in St. Lucia. According to sources, Justice Adrien Roberts is a graduate of the University of the West Indies and the Sir Norman Manley Law School. She holds the Bachelor degree in law (LLB) (Hons.) from the University of West Indies and Certificate of Legal Education (LEC) from Norman Manley.

From the George Washington University Law School, she holds a Master of Law (LLM) and from Loyola School of Law & Tulane Law School Public Law Centre she holds a certificate in International Legislative Drafting. She is also a former president of the Dominica Bar Association.

Justice Roberts was a magistrate for two years from 1995 to 1997, after which from 2003 to 2012 she was Solicitor General in the Dominica Public Service and she also held the superior position of acting permanent secretary and Director of Public Prosecutions.

Graduate of the Sir Hugh Wooding Law School, Justice Victoria Charles-Clarke is a former Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) in St. Lucia, where she served for more than 12 years before her retirement in 2016, to take up the position of High Court Judge in Dominica. She also served as High Court Judge in St. Kitts and Nevis in the year 2018.

Before the above appointments, Justice Clarke served as a magistrate at District Courts in St. Lucia from 1992 till 1997. Later, she became the registrar of the Supreme Court and served almost three years in remaining on that position.