Click here [3] for Judgment (approximately 60 pages); click here [4] for press release (approximately 1 page)

The Caribbean Court of Justice has awarded Jamaican national Shanique Myrie Bds$2,240 in pecuniary damages and Bds$75,000 in non-pecuniary damages to be paid by the State of Barbados.  According to the press release, the Court “found that Ms Myrie had been wrongfully denied entry into Barbados, subjected to a humiliating cavity search and unlawfully detained overnight in a cell and expelled from Barbados.”  In making its ruling, the Court held that Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nationals “are entitled to enter CARICOM Member States, without harassment or the imposition of impediment, and stay for up to six months.”