About Bettering Justice

Peter Jamadar has been a judge for over twenty-five years, and a judicial educator for over two decades. He enjoys many interests and has many achievements which extend beyond his accomplishments in the field of law. He is by nature curious, adventurous, and unbounded. In his experience, we live as interconnected, interrelated, intelligent, meaning-creating, and participatory living systems, in which freedom and autonomy in concert with whole system self-reference, self-determination, growth, development and transformation, are discovered and manifest through a continuous process of conscious reflection, learning, adaptation, and change. As such, societally we organize and evolve in the directions of shared values and common purposes, fuelled by collective motivations and interests. The main streams that characterize and imbue his working life, are law, theology, and developmental psychology. He is motivated to constructive actions towards equitable and sustainable transformation and development, of people and society. Philosophically inclined, education is a passion and learning a commitment. His studies, research, and experiences have informed his reflections, shaped his character, and influenced his values and actions.

Elron Elahie is an interdisciplinary researcher, writer, and adult education professional. He works in the fields of judicial education, research, publishing, and project coordination. Over his career, Elron has played lead roles in researching and writing on Procedural Fairness in Trinidad and Tobago’s judicial system, the creation, development, and production of various legal/judicial publications such as Reflections of an Interested Observer (2017), Proceeding Fairly (2018), the Criminal Bench Book for Barbados, Belize, and Guyana (2022), and the Disability and Inclusion Awareness Guidelines (2022). 

Having received his LLB (Hons) from University College London and Master’s in Human Rights and Global Ethics (Dist) from the University of Leicester, Elron holds the value of justice as a transformative and holistic phenomenon at the core of his work. He is fundamentally concerned with how justice is delivered and the ways in which systems and actors ought to operate to ensure that justice is inclusive, efficient, and meaningful. 

Shail Pooransingh is an attorney-at-law with experience in private practice and legal education. She currently serves as an independent resource in the fields of legal research and review and publication of legal work. She uses her skills to ensure that the intended objectives for the target audiences are met. Shail’s resonance with the growing movement in the practice of law, to see through holistic lenses the potential for overall healing in approaches and outcomes, has influenced her current professional focus. Most recently, she contributed to the publication of Disability and Inclusion Awareness Guidelines for Judiciaries and Judicial Officers, as well as The Criminal Bench Book for Barbados, Belize and Guyana, which includes chapters on Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Procedural Fairness. She firmly believes that every person – adult or child - is equally entitled to respect, dignity and kindness regardless of their individual roles or circumstances; further, that the interpretation of ‘equal’ must encompass a recognition that respect, dignity and kindness cannot be applied in the same way for all, but may sometimes involve each person’s needs being met in different ways. This philosophy underscores her belief that if as a society we are to comprehensively thrive, we must accept our interconnectedness and the necessity for a reflective ‘standing in the other person’s shoes’. In the legal arena, this could only lend to justice being served in ways that are experienced as not only fair, but also regardful, attentive and caring for the good of all.