On the instructions of the Principal Executive Officer of the Court Management Services a technical team made an assessment of the damage at the Corporate Area Family Court on Thursday, September 3, 2015. Repairs to the facility will commence Friday, September 4, 2015, and are expected to be completed over two weekends. The holding area in which juvenile detainees awaiting...

The Ministry of Justice is to add three more judges to the cohort serving the Court of Appeal, which will move the number of judges to 10. This will increase from two to three, the panel of judges that sit and hear appeals. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding, made the disclosure at a contract signing ceremony for the...

Appeal Court Judge, Hon. Justice Dennis Morrison, was today (August 24) sworn  in to act as  President of the Court of Appeal, during a ceremony at King’s House. His appointment follows the retirement of former President of the Court of Appeal, Hon. Justice Seymour Panton. Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, who presided over the ceremony, said...

A high density filing system is to be established at the Supreme Court’s Registry located in the new Public North building, downtown Kingston. Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding and Managing Director, Keith Ryan & Company Limited, Richard Josephs, signed the $48 million contract for the procurement and implementation of the system, during a brief ceremony today (Aug. 20), at...

The need to protect the nation’s children has once again been emphasised by Chief Justice, Hon. Zaila McCalla. Addressing the regular weekly meeting of the all-female Kiwanis Club of Providence, at the Wexford Hotel in Montego Bay, on August 12, Mrs. McCalla said failure to protect the children will result in failure to protect the nation. “We must all continue...

Custos of Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller, has charged the city’s newest Justices of the Peace (JPs) to use their good offices to effect positive change within the society. This, by volunteering their service in areas that can make a difference. Among the areas he identified are: deportee processing; serving in the drug treatment and petty session courts; lock-up, sick and...

The Management Institute for National Development (MIND) in partnership with the United Nations Communications Group and the Ministry of Justice, will host a discussion forum in observance of World Day Against Human Trafficking. The forum will take place on Thursday, July 30, at the MIND Kingston campus, 235a Old Hope Road, starting at 9:00 a.m. Marketing Manager at MIND, Shawnette...