Hon. Dame Janice Pereira, Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, paid tribute to her late colleague. Justice D’Auvergne, she said, had a truly positive spirit and was a caring and nurturing individual. Justice Pereira went on to laud Suzie D’Auvergne as person of unquestionable integrity.

“Her passing is felt by all of Saint Lucia and indeed the wider Caribbean. She has left many and large footprints. The tributes paid her today bear testament to this fact.” Justice Pereira added that D’Auvergne’s innate characteristics allowed her to achieve many firsts within the legal fraternity in Saint Lucia and the Eastern Caribbean, by exhibiting an unbridled passion for the law.

“She was a woman of valour,” Pereira continued. “Her sense of fair play in all that she did and all her aspirations shined and will continue to shine like an eternal beacon of hope for those in the legal profession and those who aspire to the vocation of law.”

The body of the late, Suzie D’Auvergne, retired Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, will lie in repose at the House of Parliament on Thursday, Aug. 28 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on Friday Aug. 29 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The official funeral will be held on Friday at 2 p.m. at the Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Castries.