The landscape of litigation will be radically changed
New Civil Procedure Rules will be adopted by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court on 31.12.2000. The jurisdiction of the Court extends to the BVI, as well as a number of other Caribbean Member States or Territories (Anguilla, Montserrat, Antigua & Barbuda, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, St Kitts and Nevis) and, with the introduction of the Rules within these territories, the landscape of litigation will be radically changed.
Much of the form and content of the Rules will be very familiar to lawyers and recent litigants in England and Wales, being broadly similar to many of the civil procedure reforms introduced there by Lord Woolf in April 1999. Canadian lawyers and litigants will also see some similarity however, as in their formulation, regard was also had to the nature and operation of recent procedural reforms in Canada.
