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Hanging should never be resumed - attorneys

Published:Sunday | May 8, 2016 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

Attorney-at-law Nancy Anderson, who has represented many death row inmates and had their sentences commuted to life following changes to the law, says murder cases have not been attracting the death penalty because they do not fall into the...

No let-up - Senior cop vows to track and arrest persons involved in human trafficking

Published:Friday | April 22, 2016 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

Days after the top United States diplomat in Jamaica, Ambassador Luis G. Moreno, gave the country kudos for its efforts to fight human trafficking, the cop leading that fight has vowed that there will be no let-up.Assistant Commissioner of Police...

Jump-start justice - Court of Appeal president pleas for more resources

Published:Wednesday | May 4, 2016 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

President of The Court of Appeal Justice C Dennis Morrison has added his voice to those calling for more resources for the justice system, particularly at the appellate level."I have been frustrated from time to time by the inadequate resources,"...

Monster mom - Mother and her two children slapped with long prison sentences

Published:Saturday | May 7, 2016 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

Today is a special day in Jamaica when mothers are honoured, pampered, and showered with love and gifts, but 46-year-old Lorraine Peralto of Gibraltar Housing Scheme, St Mary, will not be celebrating Mother's Day with her children.Instead, Peralto...

Released after 23 years - Detainees at the court’s pleasure lost in the system

Published:Thursday | April 21, 2016 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

The release last week of a prisoner who was detained at the court's pleasure for more than 20 years because he was a juvenile when he and two men were charged with murdering three persons in 1993 has highlighted the need for a system to be put in...

Unacceptably slow - Bar Association boss vows to help to oil the wheels of justice

Published:Friday | April 15, 2016 | 3:04 PMBarbara Gayle

The cries for justice to be administered in a timely manner will have caught the attention of the newly elected president of the Jamaican Bar Association, Sherry Ann McGregor, who has vowed to do her part to ensure that the wheels of justice turn...

Delroy Chuck vows to fix it - Justice minister determined to speed up system

Published:Saturday | April 2, 2016 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has added his voice to the thousands of other Jamaicans expressing concerns about the slow pace at which judgments are being delivered in the Supreme Court."I think the delays in the justice system are bringing it into...

St Ann businessman convicted for wife's murder

Published:Tuesday | March 15, 2016 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

St Ann businessman Bertram Clarke and his co-accused, Arthur Robinson, are to be sentenced on April 21 for the murder of Clarke's wife.They were convicted yesterday by a 12-member jury in the Home Circuit Court. The jury retired for almost three...

ABUSE OF POWER? - DPP under fire for stopping trial before judge could rule on no-case submission

Published:Friday | March 11, 2016 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn is facing heavy flak over her decision to stop a trial shortly before a judge was scheduled to give a ruling on a no-case submission.Llewellyn's decision has been met with sharp criticisms in...

Lawyer countersues NCB and loses

Published:Wednesday | March 9, 2016 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

The Supreme Court affirmed that National Commercial Bank (NCB) Jamaica acted appropriately when it deducted funds from a client's...

Appeals Court dismisses Supreme Court ruling on default judgments

Published:Wednesday | March 9, 2016 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

The Court of Appeal has overturned a Supreme Court ruling that it is a mandatory requirement to file an acknowledgment of service in order for the court to entertain an application to set aside a default judgment.Frank I. Lee Distributors Ltd had...

Guilty on all counts - Woman to be sentenced for forcing 12-year-old into prostitution

Published:Saturday | March 5, 2016 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

With eight human-trafficking cases on the list of matters outstanding to be tried, Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn has welcomed the completion of the trial into one such matter.In the completed case, a woman who forced a 12-...

Appeal court overturns ruling that favoured former Customs official in car seizure case

Published:Monday | February 29, 2016 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

The Court of Appeal has overturned a Supreme Court ruling that favoured a former director of customs in the contraband enforcement department, Omar Guyah, who has been fighting the seizure by customs officials of a 2007 Suzuki motor car.The upper...

Mother and daughters charged with murder granted bail

Published:Friday | March 4, 2016 | 1:40 PMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

Fifty-year-old Donna Davis and her two daughters, who are charged with the murder of 48-year-old Cassandra Burke, have each been granted bail in the sum of $300,000 with sureties. Davis and her daughters 21-year-old Peach Jolly and 18-year-old...

Dot accepted as valid vote in St Mary South Eastern magisterial recount

Published:Friday | March 4, 2016 | 11:09 AMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

There was reportedly intense debate during the magisterial recount for the St Mary South Eastern constituency over the acceptance of a dot placed beside the symbol of the bell as a valid vote. The bell is the symbol used by the Jamaica Labour Party...

Appleton attorney to continue submissions in injunction case

Published:Friday | March 4, 2016 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

Attorney-at-law Patrick Foster is to continue his submission in the Court of Appeal this morning at the hearing into the injunction which has halted operations at the Appleton Estates in St Elizabeth. The order, which was granted to fish producer,...

Court tosses lawsuit against JMB, receiver of Norwich development

Published:Thursday | March 3, 2016 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

The Supreme Court has thrown out a lawsuit filed by Construction Developers Association (CDA) against Jamaica Mortgage Bank (JMB) seeking $36 million...

Mother fighting for son with brain tumour

Published:Wednesday | March 2, 2016 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

Steps are currently being taken for 15-year-old Meadowbrook High School student Phillip Mitchell, who was diagnosed with a brain tumour in October last year, to get medical treatment overseas. Angella Mitchell, a teacher, said that her son requires...

Doctor charged with three counts of sexual assault granted bail

Published:Wednesday | March 2, 2016 | 4:54 PMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

Thirty-eight-year-old medical doctor, Mark Gray, today appeared in the Mandeville Resident Magistrate’s Court on a charge of sexually molesting a 12-year-old girl. The girl was reportedly a patient at the hospital where he works. Resident...

Juliet Holness sues Peter Phillips

Published:Tuesday | February 23, 2016 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

Juliet Holness, wife of Opposition Leader Andrew Holness, has filed a defamation suit against Minister of Finance Dr Peter Phillips accusing him of breaching the rights of Jamaican citizens to a free and fair election by allegedly making false...

Juliet Holness, brother file suit against Phillips and four other PNP sympathisers

Published:Tuesday | February 23, 2016 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

The wife of the Leader of the Opposition Juliet Holness and her brother Stephen Landell have filed a lawsuit against the Minister of Finance and  Planning Dr Peter Phillips  and four others arising from...

Privy Council rules Jamaican man to be resentenced for murder

Published:Tuesday | February 16, 2016 | 3:38 PMBarbara Gayle

The United Kingdom Privy Council has directed that 48-year-old Richard Brown, who was convicted in 2003 of murder, must be resentenced because it was not clear that the judge took into account the time he spent in custody because he was unfit to...

Elephant man freed of rape, buggery, assault charges following complainant's death

Published:Monday | February 8, 2016 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

Dancehall entertainer Elephant Man was this morning freed of rape charges after the prosecution offered no evidence against him. The entertainer, whose given name is Oneil Bryan, appeared in the Home Circuit Court on charges of rape, buggery and...

Rastaman redemption - Judge orders State to pay more than $3 million to man wrongfully arrested

Published:Saturday | February 6, 2016 | 10:30 AMBarbara Gayle

A policeman who admitted that he regularly detained homeless persons not suspected of any crime was recently given a ticking-off by Supreme Court judge Justice David Batts, and the State ordered to pay almost $3 million with interest to one of his...

13 cops threaten JLP candidate Meadows with lawsuit

Published:Friday | February 5, 2016 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

Thirteen cops are accusing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), candidate, Dennis Meadows of defamation and have threatened court action if he does not meet their demands for compensation.  Dennis Meadows is a Justice of the Peace and the JLP's...

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