Conference paper by Charles Leacock, Q.C., LL.M (Lond), Director of Public Prosecutions, Barbados. Charles Leacock graduated from the Hugh Wooding Law School, Trinidad and Tobago (1983) with the Certificate of Legal Education, having previously obtained the LL.B (Hons) from the University of the West Indies (Cave Hill Campus) (1981). He was awarded the LLM degree in Criminal Justice from the University of London (1993).