Governor General Sir Kenneth Hall signs the condolence book for Professor Keith Sobion at the High Commission for the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago in Kingston, yesterday. Professor Sobion, who died on February 14, was the former head of the Norman Manley Law School at the University of the West Indies. At left is Trinidad and Tobago's High Commissioner in Jamaica, Yvonne Gittens-Joseph. Professor Sobion, who died in Kingston, will be buried in Port-of-Spain today. - Contributed

Georgetown, Guyana:

Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Edwin Carrington, has hailed the service of Professor Keith Sobion to the legal fraternity of Trinidad and Tobago, CARICOM and the wider Commonwealth.

In a message of condolence on the passing of Prof Sobion, the secretary general lauded the contribution he made as executive director of the Council of Legal Education and former principal of the Normal Manley Law School and to the development of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

"In his service to the legal fraternity in his native Trinidad and Tobago, the Caribbean Community and, indeed, the wider Commonwealth, Keith Sobion contributed to the moulding of the minds of many of our young lawyers and leaders. His determination to ensure that the legal education structures in the region were of the highest calibre, served the profession well, as best practices drawn from the Commonwealth and beyond were inculcated in the programmes offered in the region," Carrington said.

"On behalf of the wider Caribbean community, the staff of the CARICOM secretariat and on my own behalf, I extend heartfelt condolences to the family of Keith Sobion, and to his colleagues at the Council of Legal Education."