She was originally called to the Bar of the British Virgin Islands in 1981, and became a High Court judge in 2003. She was promoted to the Court of Appeal on 9 January 2009 before being appointed to the Chief Justice in 2012.[3]
Prior to joining the judiciary, as a practising lawyer Janice Pereira twice acted as supervisor for elections in the British Virgin Islands in the 1983 general election (under her maiden name) and in the 1986 general election (under her first married name, Janice George-Creque).[5]
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^. 8 August 2012. Archived from the original on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
^"First female Chief Justice for the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court". 26 October 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
^"Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court receives honour". 8 May 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
janice, pereira, dame, janice, mesadis, pereira, née, george, formerly, george, creque, creque, chief, justice, eastern, caribbean, supreme, court, became, first, female, chief, justice, first, person, from, british, virgin, islands, become, chief, justice, 20. Dame Janice Mesadis Pereira nee George formerly George Creque Creque DBE is the Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court 1 She became the first female Chief Justice and the first person from the British Virgin Islands to become Chief Justice in 2012 2 The Honourable DameJanice M PereiraDBEPereira in 2021Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme CourtIncumbentAssumed office 28 September 2012Preceded byHugh RawlinsPersonal detailsBornJanice Mesadis GeorgeVirgin Gorda British Virgin IslandsAlma materUniversity of the West Indies Norman Manley Law SchoolOccupationJudgeProfessionLawyerEarly life editShe was originally called to the Bar of the British Virgin Islands in 1981 and became a High Court judge in 2003 She was promoted to the Court of Appeal on 9 January 2009 before being appointed to the Chief Justice in 2012 3 As Chief Justice of the Court she is the supreme judicial officer of the courts of Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda the British Virgin Islands Dominica Grenada Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines She was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire DBE in 2013 4 Supervisor of elections editPrior to joining the judiciary as a practising lawyer Janice Pereira twice acted as supervisor for elections in the British Virgin Islands in the 1983 general election under her maiden name and in the 1986 general election under her first married name Janice George Creque 5 References edit Justice Janice Pereira is New Chief Justice of the ECSC 8 August 2012 Archived from the original on 29 November 2012 Retrieved 17 December 2012 First female Chief Justice for the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court 26 October 2012 Retrieved 19 April 2017 Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court receives honour 8 May 2013 Retrieved 19 April 2017 Profile nevispages com accessed 3 April 2014 BVI election and information results 1950 2011 PDF BVI Deputy Governor s Office p 7 Archived from the original PDF on 7 April 2014 Political officesPreceded byHugh Anthony Rawlins Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court2012 present Succeeded byIncumbent nbsp This British Virgin Islands biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Janice Pereira amp oldid 1183886819, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
