00:00Exercising the powers of judicial office is not about being popular.
00:07It is about independence and intellectual honesty.
00:13It is about upholding the rule of law in keeping with our constitutional values and principles.
00:50You would be pleasantly surprised to know that judicial officers agreed in high percentages
00:58that the traffic and custody cases should be resolved in months,
01:04complex appeals and civil trials within two years,
01:08and murder cases within three to four years,
01:11compared to what obtains now, which can be 10 to 20 years for some criminal cases.
01:20The desire is there.
01:22Our job is to systematically work on getting there.
01:41There is no intention to roll everything back to what existed before 2020.
01:48Rest assured, online hearings have been shown to be effective in dealing with persons in custody
01:56for routine bail applications and hearings where the possibility of a trial is low.
02:03This saves transporting prisoners to court.
02:08However, attendance at court puts an added impetus to get the cases completed without wasting time.
02:31The NIPDEC owned family court building in Port of Spain was non-functional for at least three years,
02:38making the family court homeless.
02:41That building required too much work and with no time frame for such work identified.
02:48We were paying rent for this building with no benefit to us.
03:08I think people would be relieved to know that you do have the return of the family court,
03:14and that you are saving because he talked about infrastructural issues.
03:20He mentioned several courts that were not functioning that I expected to be back on stream.
03:25Of course, always music to my ear to know Arima is going to be one of the courts that will
03:29be back on track.
03:36Today is the one day in the year that I can wear my court clothes.
03:41Because I'm advisor's premise, I cannot practice in the courts, which I miss very much.
03:46I always love to be a practicing lawyer.
03:48So, he said many things UL, and we'll review it, see where we can assist, and do the best we
03:54can.
03:56The rule of law is a cornerstone of our country, our democracy, and we can do whatever we can.
04:02I said that a lot of the country in the future, and I call them, actually, we can continue to
04:08work with the corporate area under the right of the right of the right of the right of the right
04:12of the right of the right.
04:12What do you think?
04:13This is an excellent teacher.
04:14I am a master of the right of the right.
04:15The last one day I will be aware of is a free-right.
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