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Legal Scoop | Hands off, court tells CVM - Ruling provides treasure trove for persons dealing with copyrighted material

Published:Wednesday | January 25, 2017 | 12:00 AMShena Stubbs

Copyright infringement cases are a rarity locally, and it does not help that the Copyright Act in Jamaica is as large as it is unwieldy.Understandably, therefore, media practitioners, generally, and practitioners in this area of the law, were...

Legal Scoop | Credit reporting the new norm

Published:Friday | November 18, 2016 | 12:00 AMShena Stubbs

Up to five years ago, I would listen to my family members and associates in North America lament about how important their having a healthy credit score was to the quality of their livelihood and feel secretly relieved that this was not an issue in...

UPDATED: Legal Scoop | How comes? - The case of the missing gun...the ‘X6 trial’

Published:Friday | November 4, 2016 | 12:00 AMShena Stubbs

I am sure you will not be surprised to hear that given the measure of controversy generated by the so-called X6 trial, I promised myself to refresh my knowledge on two things: 1. the provisions of the Firearms Act, and 2. the length and breadth of...

Legal Scoop | Vicious dog attack in Manor Park! - The Dogs (Liability for Injuries) Act

Published:Saturday | October 22, 2016 | 12:00 AMShena Stubbs

I have a young child. My father has a pit bull, Brittany, which has been in the family for years, and who, according to my father, is harmless as she only attacks other dogs, albeit, sometimes viciously. On Thursday, as I am wont to do, I stopped by...

Legal Scoop | Review of ganja law welcome - Loopholes allow you to possess more than two ounces of the weed legally

Published:Friday | July 1, 2016 | 12:00 AMShena Stubbs

News came last week that Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is to order a comprehensive review of the Dangerous Drugs Act (2015) (the ‘Act’) as he argued that the amendments passed by Parliament last year were “rushed and not...

Legal Scoop | That injunction against J. Wray & Nephew - The court DID NOT order the Appleton Estate factory closure

Published:Friday | May 20, 2016 | 12:00 AMShena Stubbs

Generating quite a bit of buzz and jaw dropping, recently, has been the injunction issued by the Supreme Court, which has resulted in the closure of the J. Wray & Nephew sugar factory, Appleton Estate in St Elizabeth. The closure of the factory...

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