The case against the three men charged with the murder of prominent attorney, Clover Graham, has been taken off the trial list and has again been set for mention. The trial was expected to start in the Home Circuit Court today. However, it had to...
Published:Friday | May 15, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle
The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) is headed to court in an effort to collect some $46 million that it says it is owed by the Aubyn Hill-led NationGrowth Microfinance Limited.But Hill is denying that his company owes the money.In court documents...
Prominent attorney Don Foote has been charged with fraudulent conversion involving $12 million. The charge reportedly relates to a trust fund for a minor who is now 17 years old. However, attorney-at-law Bert Samuels, who is representing Foote,...
The Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited (JUTC) is to pay damages amounting to $3 million with interest to a passenger who was seriously injured while travelling in one of its buses. Acting Supreme Court Judge Marcia Dunbar-Green made the award in...
The Supreme Court has quashed the 2013 reinstatement of an employee of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) ruling that the body is entitled to immunity from legal process. Acting Supreme Court Judge, Marcia Dunbar-Green made the ruling...
Published:Friday | May 1, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle
Patsylin Varsiana could not hold back the tears as she pondered how the title for her five-bedroom house, which had been left at a lawyer's office, was transferred to a couple without her knowledge.Varsiana, of Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth, fears she...
Published:Thursday | April 30, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle
There was confusion in the Home Circuit Court yesterday when the foreman of the jury was asked to give the verdict in relation to one of three persons charged with trafficking in persons.The foreman first said that the jury had found businesswoman...
A retrial has been ordered for Kingston businesswoman, Hermalinda Parker, and her husband, Anthony, who are accused of human trafficking. However, Parker's daughter, Lynn Scantlebury, has been freed. Justice Jennifer Straw made the order in the...
The United Kingdom (UK)-based Privy Council yesterday sent back the case brought by Eutetra Bromfield against her ex-husband, Vincent Bromfield, for the Supreme Court to determine maintenance for her under Matrimonial Causes Act.
Carmax Limited, the car dealership company which allegedly owes customers more than $100 million has been placed into receivership following a Supreme Court order. The assets of its directors Darren Blake and Ian Lyn are also in receivership. The...
Published:Saturday | April 18, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle
Justice has finally arrived for four persons who had to wait 26 years for their case to be completed in the Supreme Court.The long delay has been described by some lawyers as "scandalous" as they argued that no one should have to wait for more than...
The new term of the Home Circuit Court in Kingston, the Easter Session, opened this morning with stakeholders lamenting the old problem of juror participation. Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn disclosed that 1,000 summonses were sent...
Ousted executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Jennifer Edwards, has withdrawn her court challenge against the board’s decision not to renew her employment contract. The matter came up in the Supreme Court...
The Court of Appeal has ruled that Xtabi Resort Limited in Negril, Westmoreland cannot be blamed for the drowning death of an American in 1995. Forty nine yea-old Robert Flickenger was a guest at the resort at the time of his death. He reportedly...
Published:Saturday | March 28, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle
The Office of the Bailiff of Kingston and St Andrew now faces possible closure as touts are putting it out of business.The bailiffs have to compete with persons who flock the courtyard and approach prospective litigants as they come to file suits at...
GraceKennedy Remittance Services, the operators of Bill Express, could have to pay millions to its competitor, Paymaster Jamaica Limited, after Paymaster won an appeal in its breach of confidentiality lawsuit.
Dancehall entertainer Lady Saw will know on May 25 if the Court of Appeal will give her the opportunity to appeal a default judgment entered against her in a case brought by domestic worker Dorothy Wilson. The 60-year-old woman took the entertainer...
The embattled executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Jennifer Edwards, is seeking an injunction to quash her removal from the agency. Edwards and her attorney appeared in the chambers of Justice Lennox Campbell ...
Published:Saturday | March 21, 2015 | 10:51 AMBarbara Gayle
Hundreds of court orders for the seizure and sale of items amounting to millions of dollars have been piling up in the bailiff offices islandwide because the debts cannot be collected or the persons who owe the debts cannot be found. Head bailiff...
Published:Wednesday | March 4, 2015 | 7:36 PMBarbara Gayle
President of the Court of Appeal Justice Seymour Panton yesterday complained about the shortage of judges when he had to put aside other cases to expedite an appeal in connection with two Senate seats.March 16 and 17 have been set aside for the...
Published:Tuesday | March 3, 2015 | 4:47 PMBarbara Gayle
The parties involved in the ongoing dispute over two Senate seats are urging the Court of Appeal to give a speedy hearing in the appeal brought by Opposition Leader Andrew Holness so as to bring finality to the matter. Justice Seymour Panton,...
Published:Friday | February 27, 2015 | 12:16 PMBarbara Gayle
The government has finally paid 99-year-old Daphne Thompson the less than $1 million that was owed to her for the past 40 years.Attorney-at-law Jacqueline Cummings, who is representing Thompson, told The Sunday Gleaner that...
Published:Monday | February 23, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle
The clerk to the Houses of Parliament, Heather Cooke, has filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking declarations as to whether Arthur Williams and Dr Christopher Tufton are subsisting members of the Senate in accordance with the Constitution...
Published:Friday | February 20, 2015 | 11:33 AMBarbara Gayle
The Government has been given the green light to continue the bidding process for infrastructure improvement at the Braco Hotel in Trelawny, which has been closed since May 2013.The improvement project has been stalled since late last year,...
Published:Monday | February 9, 2015 | 7:40 PMBarbara Gayle
A murder case in which a man has bee in custody since 2007 could not be tried yesterday because a subpoena which was sent in a letter addressed to the Commissioner of Police on January 29 to be served on a retired...
