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The Legal Aid Council Mobile Justice Unit that will be visiting locations to provide free consultations, advice and complete Court assignments for clients with criminal matters.

Legal Aid Council Takes Mobile Unit to Flanker and Waterhouse

The Legal Aid Council (LAC), through its mobile justice unit, will continue its outreach services this week at locations in St. James and Kingston. On Monday (January 23) the unit will be at the open lot next to Warren’s Hardware...

Justice Minister Proposes More Incentives to Clear Backlog

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck (right), is in discussion with Custodes for Kingston and St. Andrew, Hon. Steadman Fuller, and Hon. Dr. Patricia Dunwell, respectively. Occasion was the commissioning ceremony for 84 Justices of the Peace (JPs) for St. Andrew held on January 15 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston.

Justice Minister Encourages More Guilty Pleas

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (2nd right), listens keenly to Western Regional Director of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Eunice Scott Shaw (2nd left), as she gives an update on temporary arrangements to house the 28 wards of the State who were displaced following a fire which destroyed the Clifton Boys’ Home in Darliston, Westmoreland, on January 15. The State Minister toured the St. John’s Anglican Church, where the boys are housed temporarily, on January 16. Others (from left) are House Mother, Irene McDonald and head of the St. John’s Anglican Church, Father Hartley Perrin.

Accommodation Identified for Wards at Clifton Boys’ Home

Legal Aid Mobile Unit Begins Visits on January 17

9 years ago Justice

Duty Counsel List to be Made Available Soon

The recently updated Duty Counsel list, which is part of ongoing efforts by the Ministry of Justice to ensure equity and fairness for all Jamaicans in the justice system, will be available soon. Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council, Attorney at Law, Hugh Faulkner, told JIS News in a recent interview that in a few weeks, the list will...

In this file photo, Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), swears in Mrs. Lorna Shelly-Williams as a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court, during a ceremony held at King’s House on January 5, 2016. Two other Puisne Judges, two acting Puisne Judges and two Masters-in-Chambers were also sworn in.

9 years ago Justice

More Judges and Improvements to Courts this Year

Increasing the number of judges and upgrading of critical infrastructure are among the areas of focus this year as Government continues to put measures in place to improve the justice system. “We want to meet the full capacity of judges,” said Director of the Justice Reform Implementation Unit (JRIU) in the Ministry of Justice, Althea McBean, in a recent interview...

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck (second right), cuts the ribbon to launch the Legal Aid bus, at the Ministry on Constant Spring Road, on January 13. He is assisted by Legal Aid Council Chairperson, Jacqueline Cummings (right) and Head of Cooperation at the Canadian High Commission, Walter Bernyck (third left). Others (from left) are Social Marketing Coordinator of the Citizen Security and Justice Programme, Jacqueline Nephew; Country Representative of the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), David Osbourne; Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council, Hugh Faulkner and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Carol Palmer.

9 years ago Justice

Justice Ministry to Roll Out Audiovisual and Transcript Technology in Courts

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says the Ministry is ready to roll out audiovisual and transcript technology to be used in at least 70 courts across the country. Speaking at the launch of the Legal Aid Mobile Unit at his Constant Spring Road offices in Kingston on January 13, Mr. Chuck said the technology, which has been long awaited, will...

9 years ago Justice

Jamaica Prepared for New Arbitration Law – Chuck

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck said the country is prepared for the advent of the new Arbitration Bill, with the launch of the Mona International Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (MICAM) in November. “The launch of this centre will ensure that once the Bill is passed, there will already be an established and modernised venue to host arbitration disputes,”...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck. (FILE)

9 years ago Justice

House Begins Debate on Arbitration Bill

Debate on the Arbitration Bill, which seeks to provide an effective non-judicial mechanism for settling disputes between contracting parties, got under way in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 10). The Bill, which will repeal the Arbitration Act 1900, was piloted by Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck. The legislation is based on the provisions of the Model Law...

Promoted judges display their Instruments of Appointment at swearing-in ceremony, held at King’s House in St. Andrew, on January 6. From left are Her Honour Lisa Palmer Hamilton, Her Honour Sonia Bertram Linton, Justice Carol Edwards, His Honour Dale Palmer, Her Honour Yvonne Brown and Her Honour Calys Wiltshire.

9 years ago Justice

Six Judges Promoted

Six judges have been sworn in to serve in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, with effect from January 9. The judges are Hon. Justice Carol Edwards to the Court of Appeal; Her Honour Sonia Bertram Linton, His Honour Dale Palmer, Her Honour Calys Wiltshire and Her Honour Lisa Palmer Hamilton as puisne judges in the Supreme Court. Her...

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck (right), addresses custodes at a meeting held at the Ministry’s Constant Spring Road offices on January 5. He is flanked by Permanent Secretary, Carol Palmer (left); and Custos of Westmoreland, Canon Hartley Perrin.

9 years ago Justice

Justice Centres to be Established

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is moving to have justice centres established in each parish to provide training for justices of the peace (JPs) in the areas of restorative justice, mediation and child diversion. The objective is to better enable the JPs to peacefully resolve conflicts outside of the court system and promote harmony in communities. Mr. Chuck was speaking...