8th November, 2019, The Valley, Anguilla. The Regional Law Revision Centre provided Consolidation of Laws training on 7th and 8th November, 2019, to participants from the Attorneys General Chambers and Ministry of Legal Affairs of Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. The participants benefited from these two days of training which addressed pertinent areas regarding the process of managing and simplifying the consolidation cycle. It included such topics as:
o How consolidation impacts the Chambers;
o The consolidation process;
o Techniques employed in the consolidation cycle; and
o Document management at each stage of the consolidation cycle.
The objective of conducting this training was to empower and strengthen professionals in Attorneys’ General Chambers in the consolidation process. This process leads to the successful revision and publication of the island’s legislation.
The training ended with a closing ceremony held on 8th November 2019. This was convened at the Centre’s office at the Five Mar Building. His Excellency the Governor, Tim Foy, speaking at the closing ceremony, commented that the word “Access” sums up the importance of Law Revision and Consolidation – that is, access to the most up-to-date revised legislation. Governor Foy thanked the Centre for pioneering this work.
Ms. Yolande Dash, Manager of the Centre, is the facilitator of the training. Ms. Dash has successfully completed over 13 law revision projects which involved the processing of over 200 years of legal paperwork. During her remarks, at the closing ceremony, Ms. Dash commented that the programme is the only one available in the region that provides such in-depth knowledge of the process – and has committed to continually improving the training package and delivery.
The Centre provides Consolidation of Laws training, twice annually. However, due to increased demand, a record of four training programmes have been conducted in 2019. This year the Centre celebrates its 10th anniversary facilitating this programme. The first programme was presented in November 2009 and has since trained over 180 participants from 20 countries, including participants from the Falkland Islands, St. Helena and Ghana.
Over the past five years the Centre has partnered with the IMPACT Justice Project to provide funding for participants to attend the programme. IMPACT Justice is based in Barbados and financed by the Government of Canada. The project is headed by Professor Velma Newton who, having attended the programme in October 2012, recognized the importance of the programme. The programme has since assisted the IMPACT Justice Project in achieving their objectives which are to strengthen legal frameworks, to improve legal professionalism and to share legal information in the region.
– Press Release
