The Senate, on Thursday, December 3, passed two pieces of legislation aimed at effecting reforms within the justice system. These are the Judicature (Resident Magistrate’s) (Amendment and Change of Name) Act 2015 and the Judicature (Supreme Court) (Amendment) Act. Piloting the Bills, Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding, said the Judicature (Supreme Court) (Amendment) Act seeks to establish...

The Senate, on Friday (November 27), passed amendments to the Income Tax Act, which will empower the Government to prevent tax leakage through the transfer pricing system. Transfer pricing is used by multinational companies for sales and services within their corporate groups and by individuals in transactions with corporations under their control. The system, while legitimate, can be used as...

The Government is undertaking a number of reforms in the justice system, to include making Resident Magistrates Parish Judges, and creating a post for a Chief Executive Officer to manage the administrative functions of the Courts. Under the Judicature (Resident Magistrates) (Amendment) Act 2015, which will be debated in the Senate next week, several new posts will be created in...

Justice Minister, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding will receive the Kurt Schmoke (previously the Justice Gerald Le Dain) Award for Achievement in the Field of Law at the International Drug Policy Reform Conference in the D.C. metro area on Friday, November 20. The award recognizes those involved in law who have worked within official institutions when extremist pressures dominate government...

President of the Senate, Senator Floyd Morris is advocating that the Ministry of Justice appoint at least one court officer with sign language expertise in each parish, to improve the deaf population’s access to the Justice System. “It is very important because we have a deaf population… (and) their rights are violated from time to time, and we have to...

History was created on Thursday (November 5), when the country’s first vertical wheelchair lift access to a Courthouse, was commissioned into service at the Santa Cruz Resident Magistrate’s (RM) Court by Justice Minister, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding. “The installation of this vital piece of equipment will ensure the independence of persons in wheel chairs in accessing the two-storey building....

Noted Jurist, Justice Patrick Robinson, has added his voice to the call for Jamaica to do away with the United Kingdom (UK)-based Privy Council as the country's final court of Appeal. "We must use our sovereignty and independence in the best interest of Jamaica by (not) retaining the UK Privy Council as the final Court of Appeal," he emphasised. Justice...