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Governor General to intervene in dispute between UTech, law student

Published:Wednesday | February 3, 2016 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

The Governor General Sir Patrick Allen is to intervene in the dispute between the University of Technology (UTech) and law student Duke St John-Paul Foote. On January 16, Foote wrote to the Governor General complaining about problems he was...

Policeman, ex-cop in airport drug bust granted bail

Published:Wednesday | February 3, 2016 | 5:20 PMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

A member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force and an ex-cop charged in connection with a cocaine bust at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston have been granted bail.  Constable Valdano Smith and Anthony Robinson were...

UPDATE: Defence lawyer reports Deputy DPP to General Legal Council

Published:Tuesday | February 2, 2016 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

Defence lawyer Oswest Senior Smith has reported senior government prosecutor, Lisa Palmer Hamilton, to the General Legal Council after she accused him of assaulting her in court. The council is the statutory body that regulates the...

Deputy DPP accuses defence lawyer of assaulting her during murder trial

Published:Monday | February 1, 2016 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

Senior government prosecutor, Lisa Palmer Hamilton, today accused defence attorney Oswest Senior Smith of assaulting her during the hearing of a murder case.  Palmer Hamilton surprised the Home Circuit Court this afternoon when she...

INDECOM takes DPP to court over cop case

Published:Thursday | January 21, 2016 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has taken the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to court over a decision that led to criminal charges being dropped against a policeman last year. Last week, INDECOM ...

New court for old cases - Chief justice takes step to clear up backlog

Published:Thursday | January 7, 2016 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

The Hilary session of the Home Circuit Court opened yesterday with Chief Justice Zaila McCalla announcing drastic measures to reduce the huge backlog of cases which has been plaguing the justice system for decades.One of the measures is for cases on...

Assessment of damages in Lasco-Pfizer suit push back to July

Published:Friday | January 1, 2016 | 4:09 PMBarbara Gayle

Lasco Distributors Limited has claimedthat it suffered US$300 million in damages when itwas barred by a court order from distributing the drug Amlodipine (Norvase) which is used to treat high blood pressure.Last month LASCO put in its claim in the...

Former prisoner claims impotence, sues government

Published:Monday | December 28, 2015 | 1:34 PMBarbara Gayle

Forty-six year-old labourer, Rupert Campbell, is claiming that on February 21, 2006, while he was an inmate at St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre, he had a seizure and was given medication by correctional staff. Campbell is further claiming that after taking the medication he developed persistent and painful erections.

Christmas justice - No festivities for mother even as her son's killers are sentenced

Published:Saturday | December 26, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

Christmas has never been the same for Elaine Edwards since her 27-year-old son, Clayton Byfield, was shot dead while being robbed of his gold chain in Rock Hall, St Andrew, on the afternoon of March 16, 2012."He was a very good son to me and we had...

23 years wait for justice - Appeal Court upholds 1992 conviction but drastically reduces fine and orders State to repay

Published:Saturday | December 19, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

It has taken 23 years for an appeal against convictions for breaching the Customs Act to be finally aired in the local courts, leaving some senior members of the legal community embarrassed and upset at what is being offered to Jamaicans as a...

Contractor General fails to overturn Supreme Court ruling in Cenitech matter

Published:Friday | December 18, 2015 | 4:42 PMBarbara Gayle

THE CONTRACTOR general of Jamaica has lost his bid in the Court of Appeal to overturn a Supreme Court ruling blocking it from investigating Cenitech Engineering Solutions Limited.An investigation was launched by the contractor general into the...

FID happy with court ruling involving US$1.3 million seizure

Published:Friday | December 18, 2015 | 5:00 PMBarbara Gayle

THE COURT of Appeal has thrown out an appeal brought by Delores Elizabeth Miller, who challenged a Supreme Court ruling which had declared that the government-owned Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) had the right to seize assets, including US$1.3 million...

Judge lashes lawyers who waste the court’s time

Published:Friday | December 18, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

Senior Puisne Judge Gloria Smith has come down hard on attorneys who waste the court’s time. Smith says she takes a dim view of the way some attorneys treat the court with the utmost disdain and disregard for judicial time. She was expressing...

St Catherine woman loses appeal to recover US$1.3m from government

Published:Friday | December 18, 2015 | 11:04 AMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal brought by St Catherine resident Delores Miller who was seeking to recover US$1.3 million from the government-owned Assets Recovery Agency. In handing down its ruling this morning, the Court of Appeal...

Senior attorney warns young lawyers against scamming clients

Published:Friday | December 18, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

The Immediate past president of the Jamaican Bar Association, Ian Wilkinson, is warning newly appointed lawyers, to avoid the get-rich mentality and not become involved in scamming their clients for individual benefit.  Wilkinson, a Queen'...

Court reserves judgment in Munster Road appeal

Published:Thursday | December 17, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

The Court of Appeal has reserved its judgment in the appeal brought by Sergeant Russell Robinson, the mastermind behind the theft of several guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition from the police armoury.The court has indicated that it will make...

Restraint order against businessman lifted after State provides false info

Published:Thursday | December 17, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

A restraining order issued by the Supreme Court in July against the assets of Jamaican businessman Patrick Prince has been lifted because of false information presented by the government-owned Assets Recovery Agency.Justice Bryan Sykes, in setting...

Former Bar president guides young attorneys on right path

Published:Thursday | December 17, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

A special warning not to get involved in scamming was issued to the recent graduates of the Norman Manley Law School, who were admitted this month to practise in the courts in Jamaica.Queen's Counsel Ian Wilkinson, immediate past president of the...

Court reserves judgment in Munster Road appeal

Published:Thursday | December 17, 2015 | 1:07 PMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

The Court of Appeal has reserved its judgement in the appeal brought by Sergeant Russell Robinson, the mastermind behind the theft of several guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition from the police armoury. The court has indicated that...

Retired banker's killer gets at least 40 years

Published:Wednesday | December 16, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

The man convicted of the murder of 61-year-old retired banker Herbert Salicram at Grange Hill Flat near Reach Falls in Machioneal, Portland, is to spend 40 years in prison before he is eligible for parole.Justice Martin Gayle sentenced 30-year-old...

Major legal showdown looms between Bunting, the Attorney General and deported Curacoan

Published:Monday | December 14, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

If National Security Minister Peter Bunting gets his way, there could be a major legal showdown at the Privy Council between Bunting, the Attorney General and deported Curacoan, Shurendy Quant.  Bunting has filed an application to go to...

Pay up! Court rules that common-law spouse of dead cop is entitled to full benefits

Published:Saturday | December 12, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

The Supreme Court has ruled that the common-law wife of a member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is entitled to widow's pension and allowances, once the couple lived together for more than five years.Winsome Bennett, a teacher of Golden...

Double jeopardy! - Family begs to drop case as long wait for justice breaks sexually assaulted child

Published:Saturday | December 5, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

The relatives of a 15-year-old boy who attempted suicide four years after he was reportedly buggered are livid and blaming the creaking justice system for the issues facing the child.After numerous court visits, the still-traumatised child has...

Land surveyor freed of causing death by dangerous driving

Published:Friday | December 11, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

Land surveyor, 26-year-old Mark Amos, has been freed of four counts of causing death by dangerous driving. Amos was freed this afternoon by a seven-member jury in the Hanover Circuit Court. The jury deliberated for 1:13 minutes before returning the...

One-year sentence for woman in fatal Matilda's Corner crash

Published:Thursday | December 10, 2015 | 12:00 AMBarbara Gayle

Justice David Fraser has sentenced 38-year-old Ann-Marie Williams to one year's imprisonment at hard labour, following her conviction last month for causing death by dangerous driving.The judge said he took into account the aggravating circumstances...

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