In keeping with the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court’s (ECSC) 50th Anniversary, the Registry of the Supreme Court in St Lucia has embarked on an island-wide sensitization and awareness campaign on Mediation, as a means of Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) under the theme “Let us mediate to resolve our dispute.” The campaign will run for the month of May, 2017.
Mediation is a structured dispute resolution process where an impartial third party, the Mediator, meets with disputants in an effort to identify the issues, explore options and clarify goals, outside of a court environment.
The court believes that this campaign is prudent considering the number of civil and criminal cases filed in their system every year. An invitation is therefore being extended to persons of the following communities to come and hear about Mediation and its benefits, gain insight into which cases could be mediated and how one can request to have his/her case mediated.
The Communities targeted include:
- Anse La Raye Community at the Parish Hall- May 18th, 2017 – 5:30 p.m.
- Dennery Community at the Clendon Mason Secondary School- May 22nd, 2017 – 5:00 p.m.
- Babonneau Community at the Human Resource Centre in Garrand May 23rd, 2017 – 5:00 p.m.
- Marchand Community at the Social Transformation Building- May 24th, 2017 – 6:00p.m.
- Monchy Community at the Human Resource Development Center May 24th, 2017 – 6:00p.m.
- Castries Central at the St. Aloysius R.C. Boys Primary School – May 31st, 2017 – 5:00 p.m.
Members of the public are urged to attend this sensitization as it will be beneficial. Persons are also encouraged to consider this form of ADR as it is a comparatively cheaper and low-stress option to that of litigation.
