The Caribbean Academy for Law and Court Administration (CALCA) in partnership with ACP Legal Association (OHADAC), the Jamaica's General Legal Council and the St. Maarten Bar Association presents CALCA's 4th Biennial Conference under the theme “Law at the cross-roads: Reappraising the Role of Common Law and Civil Law Practitioners in Transnational Development” scheduled to take place at Sonesta Maho Beach Resort & Casino in Sint Maarten from the 27 to 29 October 2016.

The 2016 CALCA Conference will bring together legal practitioners and other professionals from the common law and civil law jurisdictions in the English, French, Spanish, and Dutch-speaking Caribbean to discuss current, cutting edge legal issues facilitated by renowned and respected jurists.

The conference will offer over twenty-five interactive sessions over two days and will include the discussion that should prove critical to legal professionals, regulators, government officials, business and trade development professionals, and experts working in the financial sector.

The OHADAC project team of experts will be represented at the conference. After the success of the OHADAC Convention held in Guadeloupe the 21 and 22 September 2015, ACP Legal seizes this opportunity to re-introduce the OHADAC Project and its harmonized legal instruments to the learned Caribbean legal practitioners.

The conference is among the first concrete outputs of the Agreement between the CCJ signed last month at the Court's headquarters in Port of Spain. ACP Legal and the organizing committee believe that the conference will be enhanced by the discussion of the harmonization of commercial laws and the possible impact on regional trade.

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For further information, please contact:

Dr. Jean Alain Penda
Email: japenda@ohadac.com