The Judiciary of Jamaica wishes to advise the public that the Western Regional Registry of the Supreme Court will be closed on Friday, August 28, 2020. The closure is to facilitate deep cleaning of the building, which the Registry shares with other tenants, as a result of exposure to COVID-19. The exposure did not occur inside the Registry; however, as...

The Judiciary is advising the public that, effective today (August 27), sittings of night courts will end at 7pm in parishes outside of Kingston and St. Andrew, Clarendon, St.Thomas and St. Catherine until September 2. Acting Director of Client Services, Communication and Information, Court Administration Division (CAD), Kadiesh Fletcher, told JIS News that persons with matters slated for the Night...

The Legal Aid Council (LAC) has intensified sanitisation practices used during scheduled Mobile Justice Unit visits across the island. The Council provides legal consultation services to Jamaicans, and through its mobile justice units extends the reach of its work by providing access to persons in marginalised and deep-rural communities. Attorney at law with the Legal Aid Council, Mishka Anderson, told...

Sixteen Justices of the Peace (JPs) were honoured for outstanding service by the Lay Magistrates’ Association of Jamaica (LMAJ) on August 22, at their annual Golden Scale Awards Banquet, held at the Sea Garden Beach Resort, Montego Bay, St. James. The ceremony saw 13 parish awardees from the counties of Cornwall, Middlesex and Surrey, while three JPs were conferred with...

The Judiciary of Jamaica is advising the public that night courts in St. Catherine, Kingston and St. Andrew, St. Thomas and Clarendon have been suspended with immediate effect as a result of the new curfew measures imposed in these parishes. Persons who had matters scheduled for night courts in the aforementioned parishes are being asked to contact the respective courts...

The Justice Ministry’s Victim Services Division (VSD) has expanded its operations by adding e-counselling to its service offerings, as the need to maintain social distancing increases due to the outbreak of COVID-19. In this regard, the Division has ramped up its current telephone counselling service and introduced the use of audio-visual communication such as video-conferencing and virtual meeting rooms to...

Effective Friday, August 21, 2020, the St. Thomas Parish Court will be offering reduced services to the public due to the COVID-19 situation in the parish. This decision was taken to protect the health and well-being of our staff and also those persons who must visit the court for various reasons. As a result of the reduced services, the St....