Persuading without interfering(Kaieteur News) – There is an important distinction in the way judges deliberate that appears to have become blurred in the present controversy now engulfing the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). It was Chief Justice Earl Warren, newly appointed to the court, who recognised the extraordinary importance of producing a unanimous judgment. He worked privately with his colleagues, discussed their concerns and sought to persuade those who remained hesitant to join a single opinion. He or she may write a separate judgment, a concurring judgment or a dissenting judgment. A strong judge should be capable of persuading.