What do you want to happen to your assets after you pass away? Who are the persons you want to provide for after you die? Are those persons your friends or relatives, or a charity that is dear to your heart? Whatever those wishes may be, the only...
A reader touched on a sore topic when she asked whether a landlord may charge a fee for late payment of rent because she reminded me that we still operate under a 1944 Rent Restriction Act ("the Act"), the amendment of which has been promised for...
1. Overtime PayThe typical work week in Jamaica is 40 hours, whether it is based on the traditional Monday-to-Friday arrangement, or in keeping with the agreement between the worker and employer under the Employment (Flexible Work Arrangements) (...
Persons who choose to undergo paternity tests have many different motives. One that might not be too contentious is to ensure that the child of a deceased man (who died without leaving behind a will), whose name was not on his child's birth...
"What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 1:9)It is this concept that presents the biggest challenge in relation to the creation of music because young musicians...
The operations of the Child Development Agency (CDA) and the Office of the Children's Registry (OCR) have been placed squarely under the microscope in response to complaints about delays in the investigation of a reported case of abuse of a six-year...
In recent years, I have encountered a number of challenging cases involving adults who are in need of care, but cannot be properly described as mental patients.One such vulnerable adult was an elderly man who suffered a stroke that affected his...
The Judicature (Family Court) Act, 1975, established the Family Courts to deal specifically with matters related to certain statutes, including The Children (Guardianship and Custody) Act, The Children (Adoption of) Act and The Maintenance Act....
The recently decided Belizean case of Caleb Orozco vs The Attorney General and Others Claim No. 668 of 2010 (Judgment delivered on August 10, 2016), concerned a challenge to the constitutional validity of Section 53 of the Belize Criminal Code in so...
