Members’ Area

CMJA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2023

“Open Justice Today”

10-14 September 2023

Cardiff, Wales

See www.cmja.biz for further information 

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The CMJA Council 2022-2025

A new Board of Trustees and  appointed/elected in September 2022 (see https://www.cmja.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/CMJA-COUNCIL-LIST-2022-2025-web.pdf for details).  Regional Vice Presidents have agreed they can be contacted directly. Please find below the contact information for the Regional Vice Presidents

ATLANTIC & MEDITERRANEAN
Mr Justice Graeme Mew, Canada
CARIBBEAN
Justice Richard Williams, Cayman Islands
EAST, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA
Justice Ilvin Mugeta, Tanzania
INDIAN OCEAN
Mr Justice Balasundaram Rajendran, India
PACIFIC OCEAN
Mrs Linda Bradford-Morgan, Australia
WEST AFRICA
Hon. Justice Emmanuel E Roberts, Sierra Leone

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CMJA FORUM ON COVID 19

In April 2020, the CMJA set up a Forum for Members on COVID 19 for an exchange of information and experiences and solutions to dealing with COVID 19 in the courts.  You can access the Forum through the following link: https://cmja.biz/forum-introduction/

to access the Forum itself please use the Password: Justice2020 (case sensitive).

If you wish to contribute to the forum you will need to register, please follow the instructions on how to register on the introduction page.

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APRIL 2020 – CMJA AND COVID 19

On 6 April 2020, the CMJA President issued a Letter of Support for the Judiciaries in the Commonwealth during this difficult time for all of us.

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OCTOBER 2019

ANNUAL TRUSTEES REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2018/2019

SEPTEMBER 2018

At the Council Meeting which took place in September 2018 in Brisbane, Australia, the Regional Vice Presidents agreed that their email addresses could be published for Members to use. Here are the email addresses of the Regional Vice Presidents.

REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENTS

ATLANTIC & MEDITERRANEAN
Justice Lynne C Leitch (Canada)

CARIBBEAN
Justice Richard Williams (Cayman Islands)

EAST, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA
Justice Patrick Kiage (Kenya)

INDIAN OCEAN
Mr Justice Balasundaram Rajendran (India)

PACIFIC OCEAN
Judge Mary Beth Sharp (New Zealand)

WEST AFRICA
Justice Constant Hometowu (Ghana)

 

Recent CMJA Conference Reports

(The CMJA retains the copyright of all its Reports. You are only permitted to reproduce the Speeches from these Reports with the express permission of the CMJA and if you duly acknowledge the source of the speech and the author).

“Parliamentary Democracy and the Role of the Judiciary”
CMJA Conference, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 2019

“Becoming Stronger Together”
CMJA 18th Triennial Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 2018

“Building an Effective, Accountable and Inclusive Judiciary”
CMJA Conference, Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania,2017

“The Judiciary as The Guarantors of the Rule of Law”
CMJA Conference, Georgetown Guyana 2016

“Independent Judiciaries, Diverse Societies”
CMJA 17th Triennial Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 2015

“Judicial Independence: The Challenges of the Modern Era”
Livingstone, Zambia 2014

“Is Your Latimer House in Order?”
Jersey 2013

CMJA Triennial Conference
“Justice for Everyone: Myth or Reality?”
CMJA 16th Triennial Conference, Munyonyo, Uganda 2012″

“Community Justice and Judicial Independence: Local Issues, Commonwealth Standards”
Brighton 2010

 

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OTHER REPORTS, PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS

AUGUST 2021

A Guide For the Magistrate in the Commonwealth: Fundamental Principles, Recommended Practices  Updated August 2021

SEPTEMBER 2018
DECLARATION ON THE INDEPENDENCE AND INTEGRITY OF THE LOWER COURTS

JUNE 2017
DELIVERING JUSTICE IN THE LOWER COURTS ON THE SNIFF OF AN OILY RAG
Presented by Chief Judge Dr John Lowndes of the Local Court of the Northern
Territory at the Criminal Lawyers Association Northern Territory
16th Bali Conference

MAY 2013
JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS COMMISSIONS: A MODEL CLAUSE FOR CONSTITUTIONS

FEBRUARY 2013
STATUS OF MAGISTRATES REPORT

 

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