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Thousands of Jamaicans Benefit From Services of Legal Aid Council

Thousands of Jamaicans Benefit From Services of Legal Aid Council
By: By: LATONYA LINTON, July 7, 2025

n fiscal year 2024/25, thousands of Jamaicans benefited from the services of the Legal Aid Council (LAC). “Over 2,000 persons were assigned Duty Counsel. More than 3,000 were assigned lawyers to represent them in the criminal courts across the island and we conducted virtual and face-to-face consultations with several more persons,” Executive Director of the LAC, Dian Watson, told JIS...

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Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck (left), addresses the CCJ Academy for Law regional townhall at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, St. Andrew, recently. The hybrid session focused on advancing justice in the Caribbean, post Needham’s Point Declaration. Listening (from second left) are: Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Jeremy Taylor, KC; Attorney-at-law, Peter Champagnie, KC; Deputy Commissioner of Police, Richard Stewart, and Executive Director, Jamaicans for Justice, Mickel Jackson.

Strides Being Made to Advance Needham’s Point Declaration

By: Chris Patterson November 19, 2024

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