Jamaica will host its first Witness Care Conference from July 19 to 20, which will seek to address the stigma surrounding witness care in the island, and to encourage greater participation of witnesses in court. “The ultimate goal of the conference is to highlight for persons the facilities that are currently in place to make the process of participating in...

Attorney General, Marlene Malahoo Forte, says significant strides have been made under the Centralisation of Legal Services Project. The initiative, launched in April 2018, is geared towards improving the quality of legal services across the public sector. Making her contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on June 25, Mrs. Malahoo Forte said that the core...

Chief Justice, Hon. Bryan Sykes, says investors are constantly looking to spend their money in countries that have a first-class legal system, and mechanisms to settle disputes amicably. Speaking at the Judiciary of Jamaica National Symposium in Falmouth, Trelawny, on June 26, Mr. Sykes said it is against this background that it is important there be a redoubling of efforts...

Attorney General, Marlene Malahoo Forte, says that the backlog of accident files within the Chambers has been cleared. She made the disclosure while contributing to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on June 25. In December 2018, the Attorney General's Chambers secured funding from the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service to embark on an accident...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is confident that the new initiatives to be rolled out by the Government from the passing of the Child Diversion Act, 2018, will help to reduce the number of gangs operating in Jamaica. Speaking at the Ministry’s ‘Child Diversion Programme Stakeholders’ Sensitisation Session’, at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in New Kingston on Friday...

The society is being encouraged to facilitate the reintegration of persons, who have been released after serving time in correctional institutions. State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, said that this is necessary in order to ensure the successful re-entry of ex-offenders into society and that they do not revert to the deviant behaviour, which landed them...

Court Statistician, Dr. Denarto Dennis, says that the implementation of a metric system has aided in the performance of the Jamaican court system. “We now have a number of metrics that have been applied to the Jamaican court system, which is consistent with the international standards. These metrics allow us to track how each court across the island is performing,”...