Commentary

When public officials commit wrongdoing, we should be able to impeach them as part of the democratic process. In Jamaica, we cannot.Successive Jamaican governments have committed to creating an impeachment process. In fact, Prime Minister Holness...

Why not tell one more obscure story about another legal legend?This time, we'll take a peek into a little-known episode in the life of the great Ian McDonald Ramsay, QC, OJ, a prodigiously talented advocate with claims to being the best of his...

A very close friend and colleague of mine who operates in Kingston was scheduled to see a female patient for a biopsy. When the patient was called to confirm the appointment, she claimed that the doctor's office forgot to inform her about the method...

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck is meeting objections to this new approach of plea bargains ('Chuck defends plea-bargain system', October 27, 2017) because it is promoted and perceived as getting rid of the Government's problems surrounding the woeful...

It seems as if the Garvey bust installed on the campus of the University of the West Indies, Mona, has died an unnatural death. It is now wrapped in a shroud made from garbage bags. Like so many victims of violence in Jamaica, the bust has been...

Perhaps it is too easy to see, that is why the policymakers have been so blind that even when they close their eyes, they see it better.As far back at the 1980s when I was a junior conciliator/mediator in the Ministry of Labour, I made the then non-...

There are some people who think that when gang members become engaged in turf wars and kill each other, it solves the problem of violence in a community. Montego Bay is bleeding from gang violence, which ought to give solace to none.The head of the...

The phrase 'catching your royal' in no way refers to Kate Middleton, now Duchess of Cambridge, although she did catch and seems intent on keeping hers. No splitting heirs for her, she's providing them in really rapid succession.Sarah Ferguson caught...

Professor Anthony Chen's novel suggestion that Jamaica seek economic restitution from global polluters at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is, on the face of it, impractical. For even if the question of jurisdiction was resolved, against...