An additional 126 persons have been commissioned as Justices of the Peace (JPs) for St. Catherine. Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, and Custos Rotulorum for St. Catherine, Hon. Rev. Jeffery McKenzie, headed the officials and guests attending the installation ceremony at the Portmore Seventh-Day Adventist Church, on March 4. Among the newly minted appointees are: Mayor of the parish’s capital,...

Three hundred Justices of the Peace (JPs) and police officers from Kingston, St. Andrew, and St. Catherine will benefit from the Legal Aid Council’s (LAC) Sensitization Session, slated for Tuesday, March 10. The session, to be held at the AC Marriott Hotel in Kingston, will focus on the responsibilities of JPs and police officers towards individuals who have been detained...

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...