DOUBLE MURDER convict Mervin Cameron has launched a constitutional challenge to Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn being granted approval to remain in office until she is 65. Cameron filed a suit today in the Supreme Court and...
Jamaica’s justice system is again under scrutiny following reports that a woman who has been on bail for the past six years waiting for the records of her case to be sent to the Court of Appeal was imprisoned last Tuesday, reportedly because of a...
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn, KC, is to remain in office for another two years. An amendment this year to the Constitution changed the age of retirement for the post from 60 to 65. Llewellyn, who turned 63 on Thursday,...
A meeting to remove Debbie Ann Gordon as the trustee for Mystic Mountain Limited, a major tourist attraction in Ocho Rios, St Ann had to be abandoned half way through on Monday after the Supreme Court granted an injunction stopping it from taking...
A policeman whose right leg had to be amputated above the knee, because of a gunshot injury he suffered in September 2017, is contending that it was negligence, lack of proper care and treatment at two local hospitals that led to the removal of his...
The failure of police officers to hold an identification parade in a murder case in 2009 for construction worker Shawn Robinson, who was then 23 years old, has severely impacted his life as he was forced to spend six years behind bars before he was...
The dependents of 42-year-old Dianne Gordon have been left disappointed with the Supreme Court award of $4.6 million with interest that the Government has been ordered to pay for the unwarranted firing of gunshots by policemen, 10 of which struck...
Motorists who face regular encounters with cows, especially at night, on the roads, have been raising safety concerns and calling for the government to pass the necessary laws to curtail the threat of deadly crashes caused by cattle. Senior...
The Judicial Review Court has granted an order compelling the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation to take all necessary steps to conclude or complete, within three months, the review exercise of the appraisal for its former senior legal...
A major victory was scored yesterday by the Government when the Full Court ruled that the three-year extension granted to Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn in 2020 was lawful. Double-murder convict Mervin Cameron had challenged...
A constitutional claim could be filed as early as this week ahead of the enactment of recent controversial legislative amendments to increase the age of retirement for holders of the offices of director of public prosecutions and auditor general...
The Supreme Court yesterday granted an injunction barring the Board of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) from implementing any of the decisions arising from the purported annual general conference held on July 12 because of alleged breaches....
St Andrew farmer and mason 54-year-old John Murray is now a free man after languishing in prison under horrible conditions for five years, waiting on the transcript of his trial so that his appeal could be heard. Last week, the Court of Appeal...
Vivian Monteith, who describes himself as a retired diplomat, has filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court against Nation Growth Micro Finance Limited, of which he is a minority shareholder, alleging financial loss and oppression by the defendant...
JUSTICE MINISTER Delroy Chuck has lashed out at some housing developers allegedly involved in money laundering and whose “ill-conceived” high-rise apartment complexes are preventing Jamaicans in single-family homes from enjoying their privacy. He...
The Court of Appeal has frowned on the inordinate eight-year wait for an appellant to get the transcript of his trial to appeal against his 15-year prison sentence. “It is hereby declared that the rights of the appellant under Sections 16 (1) and...
After spending 31 years in prison for murder, Linton Berry is pleading with the authorities to improve the quality of life for inmates, who he says are living in inhumane and degrading conditions. “Taking away a person’s freedom should be the real...
A security guard whose firearm licence was revoked in April 2021 by the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) withdrew his application last week in the Supreme Court for leave to go to the Judicial Review Court shortly after being informed that the...
Disbarred attorney-at-law Donovan Foote has been granted leave by the Supreme Court to apply for judicial review to quash the decision of former Senior Parish Court Judge Icolyn Reid (now a Puisne Judge) issuing a bench warrant against him. Foote...
SEVERAL LEGAL experts have warned that the prime minister’s (PM) decision to return the hefty salary increase could end in a legal challenge by those affected by his decision because there is a process to be followed before he can refuse the pay...
Cries for justice are now reverberating among several retired judges who have complained that, after serving Jamaica without fear or favour and going beyond the call of duty, they can hardly make ends meet from their pensions, due to the high rate...
In the wake of the announcement that the nation’s judges are set to receive a significant bump in their salaries, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck is calling for them to deliver their judgments within the reasonable timeline of three to six months....
When Desmond Hepburn visited Jamaica in April 2008 to attend a funeral, he did not envision that he would be shot in his right eye by policemen who recklessly fired their weapons into the motor vehicle in which he was travelling. Hepburn, who lost...
An employee of The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, who was fired from his job six years ago, has been given the go-ahead by the Supreme Court to challenge the labour minister’s refusal to send his case to the Industrial Disputes Tribunal...
