The Joint Select Committee considering the Report on the Review of the Defamation Law held its first meeting on Thursday March 19 at Gordon House, Duke Street Kingston. The 12-member...

The Television Department of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) has presented a video documentary 'Working it Out', to the Dispute Resolution Foundation. The video was aired in two parts, on...

Corruption has declined significantly in Jamaica since 2006, Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Dr. Karen Hilliard, has confirmed. In an interview with JIS News, Dr....

Chief Executive Officer of the Dispute Resolution Foundation (DRF), Donna Parchment-Brown, says that the celebration of the National Year of Dispute Resolution, should create the basis for a reduction in...

Chief Justice Zaila McCalla was released from the Tony Thwaites Wing of the University Hospital of the West Indies, yesterday, after completing a series of tests. Minister of Information, Culture,...

Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne, has re-emphasised the Government's commitment to the establishment of Community Justice Tribunals. "These tribunals are to be conducted by Justices of...

The Ministry of Justice will spend approximately $15 million this year, on pilot projects supporting the implementation of the Weekend Duty Counsel programme, as part of the Legal Aid system....

A five-year justice system transformation framework agenda has been prepared and a submission to Cabinet for its approval is being finalised. Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne,...

Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne, has said that that it will cost approximately $103 million annually to deal with the backlog of cases in the courts....

'You have the right to an attorney' is a line that anyone who watches TV crime dramas, such as "Law and Order" would be familiar with. But, Executive Director of...

Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne, yesterday (February 5) signed an agreement for a C$500,000 contribution from the Canadian-Caribbean Cooperation Fund (CCF) to further develop the Restorative...