The Government is to spend $65 million towards the construction and improvement of courthouses. This is contained in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The...

Parliamentary Undersecretary of State at the United Kingdom’s (UK) Department for International Development (DFID), Baroness Sandip Verma, is hailing the work of the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) in...

The Legal Aid Council is encouraging law enforcement personnel and Justices of the Peace (JPs) in western Jamaica, to attend a training workshop on legal issues and responsibilities, this Friday...

Chief Justice, Hon. Zaila McCalla, says several measures are being pursued to reduce delays in matters before the courts. Speaking at the swearing-in of two Appeal Court judges; a Puisne...

A total of 82 persons will serve as jurors during the Easter Term of the Home Circuit Court. Making the disclosure during yesterday's (March 30) opening of the new term at...

Four judges were sworn into office yesterday (March 29) during a ceremony held at King’s House. Taking the oath of office were: Mr. Frank Williams and Miss Carol Edwards, who...

A sum of $100 million has been approved by Cabinet for the relocation of the offices of the Ministry of Justice. The Ministry will be relocated from 2 Oxford Road,...

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is calling on judges to move to dismiss cases that are in the system for five years and more by the end of 2016. He...