Foreword

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FOREWORD

During her career as a member of the academic sta of the Faculty of Law of The University

of the West Indies, Lesley Ann Walcott has published legal articles in a wide variety of journals.

It was therefore only a matter of time before she undertook the task of writing a textbook on

law. She has chosen to discuss the law of insurance as it applies across the disparate jurisdictions

of the Commonwealth Caribbean.

That is no mean feat, because the discussion must necessarily embrace examination and

analysis of the statutory and common law underpinnings of insurance law in the several islands

of the Commonwealth Caribbean. Ms Walcott has succeeded admirably in producing in the

chapters of this book, a clear exposition of the relevant principles of law interlarded with

robust discussion and critical analysis of judicial decisions.

Our understanding of the law of insurance in its Commonwealth Caribbean context has

been greatly enhanced by this volume. Judges and practitioners of law will fi nd in this work

a storehouse of information and a research tool that will surely illuminate any dark areas of

inquiry and shine a spotlight on possible solutions to problems.

When the Faculty of Law was inaugurated in 1970, insurance law was not included in the

curriculum for undergraduates. That is no longer the case as both undergraduate and graduate

students are now exposed to courses in that fi eld of law. I anticipate that this book will be a

compulsory text for students reading the law of insurance. It deserves to be, as it will make an

indelible contribution to a subject that is so relevant to the commerce of our everyday living

and whose importance has been highlighted by the collapse of the CLICO group of companies

and the consequential fi nancial tragedy that has befallen policyholders.

I know the CLICO disaster was a factor motivating Ms Walcott to produce this text. I

heartily commend her for the high scholarship evident in the pages of this work and I com-

mend it to the widest possible readership.

Sir David Simmons Q.C.

Former Chief Justice of Barbados

May 2018