The continuation of the legal fight between a company owned by businesswoman and lawmaker Juliet Holness and marketing consultant Charlene Ashley has been pushed back to October. The trial, which started in May 2023, was set to continue in the...
The Constitutional Reform Committee (CRC) is to recommend that the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) be enshrined in the Constitution without the functions of the political ombudsman, a consensus proposal that the Cabinet will be hard-pressed...
The Financial Services Commission (FSC) has lost a bid to amend a lawsuit against Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL) to include a claim that two former directors signed a declaration of solvency after resigning in January 2023. Justice David Batts...
AN investor to whom Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL) was looking for financial help has filed a $187-million lawsuit against the firm for alleged failure to complete an agreement. The lawsuit was filed in the Supreme Court on December 8, 2023 by...
Government lawyers are contemplating whether to amend a lawsuit against Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL) to include a claim that former directors signed a solvency declaration after they had already resigned. The matter was raised Thursday as...
The National Housing Trust (NHT) says a secrecy clause in a settlement with a private developer was to comply with court rules on mediation, although a senior official claims the entity is “trying to mislead the public”. “Discussions at mediation...
The trading of insults and claims of who is a ‘tief’ marked Thursday’s resumption of the trial in which a company owned by developer Juliet Holness is suing for a title linked to its $800-million apartment complex. “You would agree with me that if...
A Supreme Court judge has asked lawyers "what are you hiding?" amid their resistance to his decision to allow an independent attorney to represent the fraud-hit Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL) in any hearing for the disclosure of documents to an investor.
Valerie Veira’s extension as head of the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) has been settled, despite the lack of an explanation from the Government for why the board last year swung, in five days, from approving two years to approving...
Private investment firm Cornerstone says the personal safety and careers of top executives Paul Simpson and Jason Chambers are at risk over allegations surrounding $2 billion worth of transactions involving retired businesswoman Rita Humphries-...
