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Custos of Manchester, Hon. Sally Porteous (left), and Chief Justice, Hon. Zaila McCalla, peruse a programme prior to the church service to launch Restorative Justice Week at the Ridgemount United Church in Mandeville, Manchester, on February 5.

Minister Says Restorative Justice Provides Options

By: Barbara Ellington , February 6, 2017

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says restorative justice provides options for positive social transformation, by equipping citizens and communities with more effective and peaceful means of resolving conflicts. “It...

Government Senator, Matthew Samuda, addresses a recent sitting of the Senate.

Senator Calls for 25 Years for Certain Persons who Abuse Children

By: Chris Patterson, February 3, 2017

Director/Principal, Justice Training Institute in the Ministry of Justice, Karen Campbell-Bascoe.

Justice Ministry to Launch 2017 Training for JPs

By: Tomeica Gunn, February 2, 2017

Justice 9 years ago Gov’t Coming for Outstanding Property Taxes – Chuck
Justice 9 years ago Legal Aid Mobile Unit to Visit 11 Locations in February
By: Tomeica Gunn, January 31, 2017
Justice 9 years ago Case Management Statistical System Implemented at Parish Courts
By: Denise Dennis, January 22, 2017

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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.

9 years ago Justice

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...

By: Tomeica Gunn, January 22, 2017

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck.

9 years ago Justice

Justice Minister Proposes More Incentives to Clear Backlog

While the Criminal Justice (Administration) Act allows persons accused of crimes to plead guilty and give testimony or information in return for a reduced penalty, the offer is seldom taken...

By: Garwin Davis, January 20, 2017

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...

By: Rochelle Williams, January 18, 2017

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.

9 years ago Justice

Justice Minister Encourages More Guilty Pleas

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is urging persons who have committed crimes to offer guilty pleas where the evidence against them is of such that they are unlikely to...

By: Garfield L. Angus, January 18, 2017

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.

9 years ago Justice

Accommodation Identified for Wards at Clifton Boys’ Home

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says a more suitable temporary location for wards of the State from the Clifton Boys’ Home...

By: Marlon Tingling, January 17, 2017

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.

9 years ago Justice

Legal Aid Mobile Unit Begins Visits on January 17

The recently launched Legal Aid Council Mobile Justice Unit will begin visiting locations within the month of January 2017. The first location to be serviced by the unit will be...

By: Tomeica Gunn, January 17, 2017

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...

By: Tomeica Gunn, January 17, 2017

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...

By: Chad Bryan, January 14, 2017