the Consent Order, the CCJ was asked to decide whether the Appellants should be granted damages for breach of constitutional rights. The Court found that the Government of Belize breached the Appellants' right to protection of the law by failing to ensure that the existing property regime, inherited from the pre-independence colonial system, recognized and protected Maya land rights. The Court could not find sufficient evidence to support the Appellants' claim for special damages arising out of the Golden Stream incursion, but felt that innovative use should be made of the remedial reparatory action under the Consent Order to grant redress under the Constitution based on the centuries of oppression and marginalisation of the Maya people. Therefore, the Court ordered the Government of Belize to establish a fund of BZ$300,000.00 as a first step towards compliance with its obligations under the Consent Order. Ms Monica Coc Magnusson for the Appellants. Mr Denys Barrow SC, Mr Nigel Hawke and Ms Naima Barrow for the Respondent. Voting rights, procedures and required majorities in Ministerial Councils of CARICOM Trinidad Cement Limited and others v State of Trinidad & Tobago and others [2019] CCJ 4 (OJ): In a consolidation of four separate cases of a long-running spat involving regional cement manufacturers and cement importers, the Court's decision clarified a number of procedural issues related to the CARICOM's ministerial councils as well Member State obligation to give the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) adequate notice of any decision to revert to the Common External Tariff (CET) from any agreed upon prior derogation from the same. It was held that a Member State did not need approval from COTED for a decision to revert to the CET. It was further held by the Court that as there are 13 Member States who are parties to the Revised Treaty and to the Single Market and Economy established by that treaty, but an additional 2 Member States (The Bahamas and Montserrat) who are members according to the terms of their bilateral agreements with CARICOM which provided for them to remain members of the Community in accordance with the terms and conditions existing immediately prior to the entry into force of the Revised Treaty then the Article 27 right for Members to cast a vote on the decisions of COTED must be read in light of these facts. As such The Bahamas does not have the right