The Ministry of Justice is developing a programme to adequately train and sensitize staff at all levels of the judicial sector in the use of the second Case Management System, being introduced. The facility is designed to assist in optimizing the operations of all courts islandwide where it will be introduced, by creating a database for organizing and monitoring data....

The Legal Aid Council’s (LAC) new mobile justice units have tripled the capacity of the Council to deliver justice services to Jamaicans. The two units, which have boosted the number to three, were acquired through collaboration between the Ministry of Justice and the Canadian government under the Justice Undertakings for Social Transformation (JUST) programme and the United Nations Development Programme...

Students and tutors at the Norman Manley Law School have lauded the Ministry of Justice for hosting the National Conference on Technology in the Justice Sector, from February 27 to 29. 30Held in collaboration with the Court Administration Division (CAD), the conference explored international trends in e-justice service delivery and how technology facilitates a more effective and efficient system. Final-year...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says by the end of the year the court system will be equipped with technology for the delivery of transcripts within days. Delivering the keynote address at the National Conference on Technology in the Justice System, at the AC Hotel in St. Andrew on February 27, Mr. Chuck said the audiovisual system will also...

The Ministry of Justice, in partnership with the Court Administration Division (CAD), is hosting Jamaica’s first National Conference on Technology in the Justice Sector, from February 27 to 29, in Kingston. Themed ‘Roadmap to e-Justice: Enhancing Transparency, Effectiveness and Access to Justice’, the Conference is exploring current international trends in e-justice service delivery and how technology facilitates a more effective...

Scores of citizens from across western Jamaica descended on Alice Eldemire Drive in Bogue, St. James on Friday (Feb. 21) to participate in the Legal Aid Council’s (LAC) expungement fair. The event provided the opportunity for persons to apply to have minor offences expunged from their record. Expungement is having a conviction removed from one’s criminal/police record after a specific...

Churches, community groups and other organisations are being encouraged to request the services of the Legal Aid Council (LAC) Mobile Justice Units. Persons can reserve the units by accessing, completing and submitting requisition forms available at the LAC’s website at legalaidcouncil.moj.gov.jm. Executive Director of the LAC in the Ministry of Justice, Hugh Faulkner, said that on the form, applicants are...

Legal Consultant at the Legal Aid Council (LAC), Shara-Kay Dacres-Moore (centre), engages in conversation with residents of Parade Gardens, Kingston, Namor Allwood (left) and Taseka Wynter, when the LAC's Mobile Justice Unit visited the community on February 19. The residents received free legal advice and consultation on land matters, expungement, divorce, wills and many other matters.

Persons living in Montego Bay and neighbouring communities in St. James are being encouraged to attend the expungement fair being hosted by the Legal Aid Council (LAC) on Friday (February 21). The event will be held on Alice Eldemire Drive between the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s Regional Office and the Herbert Morrison Technical High School in Freeport, from...