The Judiciary of Jamaica has launched its Remote Hearing Guidelines aimed at providing guidance on the technological arrangements for the conduct of remote hearings in all courts. The guidelines are designed to ensure consistency and uniformity in these proceedings. Chief Justice the Honourable Mr. Justice Bryan Sykes, OJ, CD said the publication of the Remote Hearing Guidelines is part of...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, while noting improvements in case disposal rates said he would like to see all matters brought before the courts completed within three years. “I would like to see, in my lifetime that cases can be tried within a reasonable time... I hope that before long, we will be able to (see) from start to...

The Justice Ministry is working to roll out email addresses for Justices of the Peace (JPs) in the final quarter of the current financial year (2021-2022). Creation of these email addresses will better allow Jamaicans to access and communicate with JPs across the island. Addressing a recent JIS Think Tank, Director of Public Law, Restorative and Preventative Justice in the...

The Ministry of Justice will be working to expand the operations of Justices of the Peace (JPs) islandwide, with a new seal design. Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, who was speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (October 21), said the change in the seal design reflects the change in operations of JPs, based on location. “In the past, you...

Member of Parliament, St. Thomas Eastern, Dr. Michelle Charles, is calling for a structured monitoring of persons on bail. Making her contribution to the State of the Constituency Debate in the House of Representatives on October 20, Dr. Charles said electronic monitoring devices should be used to track offenders. Her comments come in light of the recent kidnappings of two...

The island’s courts are making steady progress in improving the clearance rate for cases. Notable among these are two Divisions of the Supreme Court. The High Court Division of the Gun Court has reduced the number of active backlogged cases to under 10 per cent and net backlogs to less than five per cent, while the Revenue Court’s list is...

Justice Minister, Delroy Chuck, is appealing to attorneys across the island to serve on the panel of the Legal Aid Council (LAC). The Legal Aid Council is an entity in the Ministry of Justice, mandated to provide an efficient and coordinated Legal Aid system in Jamaica. One core objective is to provide equal access to Justice to all Jamaicans. Minister...