The Association
The Association is led by its directors and executive officers, elected from among the women judicial officers of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Together they carry its work across the nine Member States and Territories.
The founding line-up of March 2024 is recorded on our About page.
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Justice Kimberly Cenac Phulgence, a national of Saint Lucia, was appointed a Justice of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court on 14th April 2026. She previously served as a High Court Judge from 1st January 2017 and was assigned to the jurisdiction of Saint Lucia during that period.
Admitted to practice in 1996, Justice Cenac-Phulgence held several senior court administrative positions prior to her judicial appointment, including Chief Registrar, Deputy Registrar of the High Court, Registrar of the High Court, Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property, and Acting Master.
She holds a Bachelor of Laws (Upper Second Class Honours) from the University of the West Indies, a Certificate of Legal Education from the Hugh Wooding Law School, and a Master of Laws (with merit) from the University of London. She also completed studies in Comparative Law and Mediation Skills Training at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus.
Justice Cenac-Phulgence chaired the Committee responsible for revising the ECSC Code of Ethics for Judicial Officers. She currently serves as a Co-Vice Chair of the Judicial Education Institute, is a member of the Silk Advisory Committee, and is President of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Association of Women Judges (ECAWJ). Justice Cenac-Phulgence believes that the work of the ECAWJ is very important and is pleased to be a part of history, being the inaugural president of the organisation. The value of the ECAWJ cannot be understated as it has potential to touch so many sectors of society, not just women and girls but young men as well, and to provide an avenue for support and collaboration between judicial officers.
Justice Cenac-Phulgence is an avid lover of music and loves to read, sing and write poetry and skits. She has over the years worked in the youth arm of her local church, serving as Youth Director and Assistant Director for the Evangelical Youth Association. She is married and is the proud mother of one daughter.
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Justice Tamara Gill is a founding member, Director, and the 1st Vice President of the Eastern Caribbean Association of Women Judges (ECAWJ). A native of Grenada, she served for many years as Magistrate, including Chief Magistrate of Grenada, until September 2020. She subsequently joined the High Court Bench as Acting Master of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, serving three terms between September and July 2020. In September 2020, she was confirmed Master of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, and on 1st January 2023 she was elevated to High Court Judge, assigned to the Saint Kitts and Nevis, St Kitts Circuit, where she currently presides.
Justice Gill believes the ECAWJ is essential to addressing the unique needs of women judicial officers at all levels of the Court. Guided by the Association’s by-laws, her vision is to foster cooperation among women judges, promote awareness of issues affecting women and girls, and strengthen understanding of the social, cultural, and legal factors that shape their experiences within the justice system.
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Master Tamara Foster currently serves as a High Court Master assigned to the Criminal Division in Saint Lucia, a position she has held since May 2024. Her distinguished legal career spans private practice, serving as a prosecutor in both Saint Lucia and the British Virgin Islands, and sitting as a Magistrate in Saint Lucia. Master Foster is currently serving as an acting High Court Judge assigned to the Criminal Division in Saint Lucia until 22nd December 2026.
An experienced educator on court reform, Master Foster frequently trains judicial staff, law enforcement, and legal practitioners across the region on case management and the Criminal Procedure Rules.
She is also an active member of other court connected committees including the Criminal Backlog Reduction Committee driving systemic and legislative improvements within Saint Lucia’s justice system.
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Justice Angelica Rachel Teelucksingh is a High Court Judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court and is at present assigned to the British Virgin Islands.
Justice Teelucksingh is a graduate of the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill where she attained a Bachelor of Laws in 1998 and thereafter in 2012, a Masters in Public Law. In 2000, she obtained a Certificate in Legal Education from the Hugh Wooding Law School, Trinidad.
From November 2000 to October 2019, for approximately nineteen years, Justice Teelucksingh served as a Prosecutor in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in Trinidad and Tobago. As Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions (ag), she prosecuted in the Magistrate’s Courts, High Courts and Court of Appeal in Trinidad and Tobago.
From September 2012 to March 2017, Justice Teelucksingh was a part-time Tutor in Trial Advocacy at the Hugh Wooding Law School, Trinidad and Tobago. From 2017 to 2019, she was an Associate Tutor in Criminal Law Practice and Procedure at the Hugh Wooding Law School.
In November 2019, Justice Teelucksingh joined the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court as a High Court Judge in the Criminal Division where she was initially assigned to Saint Lucia and thereafter to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines for three years. In April 2023, Justice Teelucksingh was assigned to the British Virgin Islands as resident High Court Judge in the Criminal Division.
Justice Teelucksingh is a Member of the following organizations, namely, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Association of Women Judges, the Caribbean Association of Women Judges and the International Association of Women Judges.
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Chanelle Petty Barrett is a daughter of Anguilla.
Mrs Petty Barrett is a graduate of the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies where she attained a Bachelor of Laws Degree (with Honours). She holds a Legal Education Certificate from the Sir Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad and Tobago and was admitted to the Bar in Anguilla in 1997. Mrs Petty Barrett later attained both a Master of Laws Degree and a Certificate in Legislative Drafting from the University of London.
A lifelong learner, Mrs Petty Barrett is a certified mediator and is also trained in various aspects of governance, leadership, management, public policy and administrative law. Mrs Petty Barrett has served in various capacities in the Government of Anguilla including Crown Counsel, Parliamentary Counsel, Senior Crown Counsel, Permanent Secretary and is now the Registrar of the Anguilla High Court.
She is a devoted wife and a proud mother of two sons.
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Ngaio Dominique Emanuel has been a Magistrate in Antigua and Barbuda from 2013. She is a graduate of UWI Cave Hill in 2004 and of the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad and Tobago where she qualified as an Attorney at Law in 2006. She was admitted to the Bar (Commonwealth of Dominica and Trinidad and Tobago) in 2006 and initially engaged in private practice at Chancery Chambers, headed by Mr. Douglas Mendes KC.
In 2017, she was appointed Chairperson of the Child Justice Board in Antigua under the Antigua Child Justice Act, which diverts juveniles from the formal court procedures using diversion options. In 2023, she completed an LL.M from the University of East London. In 2025, she was appointed Chief Magistrate. She is also a member of the Criminal Justice Reform Committee in Antigua and Barbuda.
Being a Director and member of the Executive Committee of the Eastern Caribbean Association of Women Judges (ECAWJ) reflects her commitment to judicial excellence, gender justice and regional judicial cooperation.
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Justice Agnes Actie, a citizen of Saint Lucia and career civil servant, was called to the Bar in 1999. She served as a Legal Officer in the Ministry of Finance and Planning and later as Crown Counsel in the Attorney General’s Chambers in Saint Lucia. From 2002 to 2007, she was Registrar of Lands in Saint Lucia. Between 2002 and 2004, she was seconded to the Commonwealth Secretariat as a legal expert for the Accelerated Land Distribution Programme in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. In 2007, she became Deputy Chief Registrar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, serving until her appointment as Master in 2015.
During her tenure as Deputy Chief Registrar, Justice Actie trained magistrates and staff across OECS member states and territories in magisterial appeal procedures. She also trained registrars, court administrators, and staff in effective case management systems. A certified mediator, she completed training in Dispute Resolution Systems: Policies, Structures and Strategies in Singapore in October 2006 and in Alternative Dispute Resolution at UWI in 2014. In September 2010, her article, “The Role of Technology and e-filing: The ECSC experience,” was published in the Commonwealth Law Bulletin, Vol. 36, No. 3. Justice Actie was appointed a High Court Judge in September 2019 and is currently assigned to the State of Grenada.
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The Honourable Justice Cybelle Cenac-Dantes is a High Court Judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, presently assigned to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Justice Cenac-Dantes obtained her Bachelor of Laws with Honours in 1999 and completed her professional training at Newcastle University. She is a member of Lincoln’s Inn and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in June 2000 and to the Bar of Saint Lucia in August 2000. She also holds a master’s degree in Legislative Drafting from the University of London.
Following several years in private practice, Justice Cenac-Dantes served as Registrar of the High Court of Saint Lucia from 2008 to 2013. In 2015, she was appointed Master of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Vanuatu, where she served for 8 years in a broad range of civil, probate, matrimonial and adoption matters and contributed to judicial training and court administration.
She returned to the Eastern Caribbean in 2023 upon her appointment as a High Court Master of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. After serving as an acting High Court Judge, she was appointed a High Court Judge in November 2025. Her judicial experience spans civil litigation, public law, family and matrimonial proceedings, probate, mediation and the administration of justice.
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Her Ladyship, the Hon. Justice Margaret Alison Price Findlay, was born in Diego Martin, Trinidad and Tobago. Her early life and education at Holy Name Convent Secondary School laid the foundation for her distinguished career. In 1985, Justice Price Findlay obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree with honours from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. She then attended the Hugh Wooding Law School and received the Legal Education Certificate upon completing her studies in 1987. Later that year, Justice Price Findlay was called to the Bar of Trinidad and Tobago.
Justice Price Findlay began her legal career as an Associate in the Law Firm of James Brathwaite from 1987 to 1988. Between 1988 and 1990, she was an Associate in the Chambers of Clarke and Company; between 1991 and 1994, Her Ladyship was an Associate in the Chambers of McW Todman and Company in the Territory of the Virgin Islands. In 1995, she founded her private legal practice in the Virgin Islands, which expanded into a law firm with other notable partners and associates. Justice Price Findlay served as managing partner in her firm until she was appointed to act as a High Court Judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court assigned to Anguilla from February to May 2009.
In September 2009, Justice Price Findlay was appointed a High Court Judge assigned to Grenada. From 1st September 2015 to August 2022, she served in Saint Lucia as a judge of the Criminal Division of the High Court. On 1st September 2022, she was elevated to the Court of Appeal Bench, bringing extensive experience and a deep understanding of both trial and appellate jurisdictions.
On 5th May 2025, Justice Price Findlay was appointed by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission to act as Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, marking a significant milestone in her distinguished career.
Effective from 9th April 2026, Her Ladyship, the Honourable Madam Margaret Price Findlay, was officially appointed as Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court by His Majesty King Charles III through Letters Patent.
The executive welcomes enquiries about membership, contributions to Lady Justice and the work of the Association.