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A security guard whose firearm licence was revoked in April 2021 by the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) withdrew his application last week in the Supreme Court for leave to go to the Judicial Review Court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...
After working in the government service for 32 years, Hewan Lloyd Campbell, an office attendant supervisor at the Supreme Court, is proud to have been shortlisted in the top 10 civil servants for 2021-2022. “I feel good about it. I am so happy that...
For the first Christmas in nine years, yesterday, Joyce Leslie faced the festivities at home without the threat of a lengthy prison sentence hanging over her head, but still, there was no celebration for her.The 47-year-old Leslie, of a Prospect, St...
The Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council has thrown the book at attorney-at-law Minette Lawrence in what is being described in legal circles "as a strong message to members of profession".The committee found that Lawrence was guilty...
Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has repeated his concerns that the long delay by judges to hand down rulings could be affecting the quality of justice. He was reacting yesterday to the Court of Appeal's declaration as null and void a judgment that was...
