The Judicial Review Court has granted an order compelling the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation to take all necessary steps to conclude or complete, within three months, the review exercise of the appraisal for its former senior legal...
A major victory was scored yesterday by the Government when the Full Court ruled that the three-year extension granted to Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn in 2020 was lawful. Double-murder convict Mervin Cameron had challenged...
A constitutional claim could be filed as early as this week ahead of the enactment of recent controversial legislative amendments to increase the age of retirement for holders of the offices of director of public prosecutions and auditor general...
The Supreme Court yesterday granted an injunction barring the Board of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) from implementing any of the decisions arising from the purported annual general conference held on July 12 because of alleged breaches....
St Andrew farmer and mason 54-year-old John Murray is now a free man after languishing in prison under horrible conditions for five years, waiting on the transcript of his trial so that his appeal could be heard. Last week, the Court of Appeal...
Vivian Monteith, who describes himself as a retired diplomat, has filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court against Nation Growth Micro Finance Limited, of which he is a minority shareholder, alleging financial loss and oppression by the defendant...
JUSTICE MINISTER Delroy Chuck has lashed out at some housing developers allegedly involved in money laundering and whose “ill-conceived” high-rise apartment complexes are preventing Jamaicans in single-family homes from enjoying their privacy. He...
The Court of Appeal has frowned on the inordinate eight-year wait for an appellant to get the transcript of his trial to appeal against his 15-year prison sentence. “It is hereby declared that the rights of the appellant under Sections 16 (1) and...
After spending 31 years in prison for murder, Linton Berry is pleading with the authorities to improve the quality of life for inmates, who he says are living in inhumane and degrading conditions. “Taking away a person’s freedom should be the real...
A security guard whose firearm licence was revoked in April 2021 by the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) withdrew his application last week in the Supreme Court for leave to go to the Judicial Review Court shortly after being informed that the...
Disbarred attorney-at-law Donovan Foote has been granted leave by the Supreme Court to apply for judicial review to quash the decision of former Senior Parish Court Judge Icolyn Reid (now a Puisne Judge) issuing a bench warrant against him. Foote...
SEVERAL LEGAL experts have warned that the prime minister’s (PM) decision to return the hefty salary increase could end in a legal challenge by those affected by his decision because there is a process to be followed before he can refuse the pay...
Cries for justice are now reverberating among several retired judges who have complained that, after serving Jamaica without fear or favour and going beyond the call of duty, they can hardly make ends meet from their pensions, due to the high rate...
In the wake of the announcement that the nation’s judges are set to receive a significant bump in their salaries, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck is calling for them to deliver their judgments within the reasonable timeline of three to six months....
When Desmond Hepburn visited Jamaica in April 2008 to attend a funeral, he did not envision that he would be shot in his right eye by policemen who recklessly fired their weapons into the motor vehicle in which he was travelling. Hepburn, who lost...
An employee of The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, who was fired from his job six years ago, has been given the go-ahead by the Supreme Court to challenge the labour minister’s refusal to send his case to the Industrial Disputes Tribunal...
Reputed ex-don of the Spanish Town-based Clansman Gang Tesha Miller, who was sentenced in January 2020 to 38 years and nine months in prison, has successfully applied to the Court of Appeal to get audio recordings of the judge’s summation at his...
The Supreme Court on Friday granted an order barring Noranda Jamaica Partners II and New Day Aluminum (Jamaica) Limited from commencing or continuing any mining activity under Special Mining Lease 173 in parts of St Ann and Trelawny. The injunction...
Attorney-at-law Bert Samuels has flagged what he says are clear abuses of the rights of citizens through illegal spot-checks carried about by the police and is calling for the government to equip law-enforcers with body cameras which could help to...
A father who lost the use of both hands when he was attacked and seriously wounded in June 2019 is not looking forward to a merry Christmas or a happy future with his four young children as he cannot work to support them. “Depressed, frustrated and...
For the first time in Jamaica’s legal history, a prosecutor was found guilty of professional misconduct following a complaint made by a man who was freed of fraud charges. The Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council found that while...
Serious concerns about the large number of youth facing the law in the parishes of Portland, St Mary, and St Thomas prompted the Eastern Circuit Children’s Court to implement several programmes in observance of May as Child Month to motivate them...
After working in the government service for over 20 years, Shawn C. Ashman quit her job in December to pursue her passion of being a artist. She says she is pleased with her decision and encourages others never to give up on their passion and do...
The Court of Appeal has urged firearm holders not to ignore the statutory remedies available to them in the event of disagreements with the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) over the revocation of user licences. The available remedies are first to...
