She succeeds the Hon. Dennis Merchant, who was appointed Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs on September 11th 2006.

The St. Kitts and Nevis Public Service Commission has been informed that in accordance with Section 81 (1) of the St. Kitts and Nevis Constitution, the OECS Judicial and Legal Services Commission, supports the appointment of Mrs. Pauline Hendrickson, Assistant Registrar, as Director of Public Prosecutions with effect from 11th September 2006.

Mrs. Hendrickson, a former student of the Charlestown Secondary School, worked as a substitute teacher from 1975 to 1979, graduated from the St.

Kitts-Nevis Teachers Training College in 1981 and worked as the Teacher in Charge of the Keys Infant School from 1986 to 1989.

She was employed at the High Court Registry from 1995 to 1996 before going to study at the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies, Barbados, in 1996 where she obtained her law degree with honours in 1998 and the Legal Education Certificate from the Council of Legal Education, Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad in 2000.

From 2000 to 2003, Mrs. Hendrickson was a Crown Counsel in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. In April 2002 and September to December 2005, she acted as Registrar and Provost Marshall and was appointed Assistant Registrar, Registrar's Department in 2003 until her new appointment as Director of Public Prosecutions.

The new DPP has had professional training and has certificates in Prosecution, Intellectual Property, Law Reporting and Headnote Writing and Mediation Skills.
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