MarkD - I think you are referring to the legal system in Barbados - at the moment the highest court of appeal and the way laws and cases are run is through the British legal system etc - from this year they will drop links with the English law system and be fully self supported.
Don't know a lot about legal systems (otherwise would be paid a lot more in a different profession!) but it is something like that.
They are independant, but the Queen is still their head of state.
If anyone started a once a wek DUB-BGI could this not go direct? I thought the rule was that one out of every 2 flights to a region has to go via SNN - so if they only have one do they not avoid this?