Sidelined acting permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education, Dr Grace McLean, has retained Queen's Counsel Peter Champagnie in relation to the disputed surcharge notice involving $124 million. When contacted, Champagnie said that he has...
It will take some time for businesswoman Etta May Kelly to overcome the trauma, stress and humiliation she suffered when she was falsely arrested twice in 2015. The businesswoman’s ordeal stemmed from an ongoing feud between her spouse and a...
A father of four young children cannot come to terms with how he was chopped several times, resulting in the loss of use of both hands while doing a good deed for one of his co-workers on June 13, 2019. Christopher Perkins, 34, shook his head and...
‘Focus on my ability and not my disability’ is the mantra which drives entrepreneur and motivational speaker Tonika Williams to excel as she overcomes the odds of being legally blind, but determined to make an impact on the world. A graduate of The...
A senior citizen cannot understand why it took the government more than 20 years to compensate him for his land which was purchased to construct a section of the Ocho Rios Bypass in St Ann. “I just kept getting the runaround from government...
The 10-year journey for a senior citizen to get her case decided by the Supreme Court is far from over. All 72-year-old Doril Barclay is seeking is for the court to hear the case she has brought for restoration of the right of way to her home in...
A young woman who suffered severe acid burns nine years ago when she was only a teen, leaving her terribly disfigured, is praying for the nightmare to end and the opportunity for a better life. “The stares I get just make me depressed and let me...
Although 20-year-old Peter Vaughn does not know where his next tuition fee is coming from, he has taken a great leap of faith to enrol in the Northern Caribbean University for this semester. Vaughn has been appealing for help from the time he was...
Several prominent defence lawyers are raising strong objections to any attempt to halt jury trials because of COVID-19 and replace them with trial by judge alone. Any decision for bench trials must be solely that of an accused person, the attorneys...
Although former policeman Austin Cunningham was given a four-month suspended sentence in 2017, he is insistent on bringing his case before the Court of Appeal. However, he is frustrated by the fact that for the past three years he has been unable...
In a landmark ruling recently, the Supreme Court paved the way for a litigant who allegedly suffered medical negligence due to a surgery performed more than six years ago to pursue her claim. The Limitations of Actions Act states that claims in...
What appeared to be a chance meeting on Facebook in April 2016 forever changed the life of an 18-year-old girl from an impoverished rural community. She thought the opportunity presented was going to be her only way out of poverty, her big break....
Software developer Paul Lowe, who had been a victim of the justice system for 20 years, is very disappointed that he had to leave Jamaica, his homeland, to seek a living in Canada. “I used to say as a youngster that I am not leaving Jamaica, I am...
A Jamaican man who is fighting a legal battle for a determination as to whether he is the father of a five-year-old child got a landmark ruling last week which will benefit other men who have similar cases. DNA test results obtained from saliva...
Tears streamed down the cheeks of 71-year-old Doril Barclay last week as she expressed feelings of hopelesness and frustration that her desire to have “a peaceful Christmas” was dashed last month when her nine-year-old civil case was adjourned to...
Former district constable and garage operator, 67-year-old Linton Berry, is crying for help from prison as he fears losing his sight because of the lack of a proper diet and medication for his diabetes. Berry, who has been serving a life sentence...
A former inmate, who claims to have suffered inhumane and degrading treatment while he waited for four years behind bars for his appeal to be heard, wants drastic steps to be taken to remedy some of the deplorable conditions in local prisons. The...
A teenager who was detained by the police for 10 days in April 2015 at a juvenile detention centre in Kingston on suspicion that he was planning to join a terrorist group in Turkey, is now fighting a legal battle for the government to compensate...
Life has been a real struggle for 38-year-old Shabadine Peart, who spent most of his life in prison for a crime he is adamant he did not commit. He is crying for justice because he says the State robbed him of the best years of his life and has...
