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KINGSTON, Jamaica- Jamaica’s Court of Appeal is celebrating 60 years since its establishment on July 31, 1962. It is observing the milestone at the same time the country is marking its Diamond ...
THE Court of Appeal will be resuming in-person hearings next week, ending the reliance on virtual hearings which were adopted when the COVID-19 pandemic hit Jamaica in March 2020. Speaking at a s ...
Appeals Court: Gay Man Facing ... Murry testified to his sexual orientation and that he was once attacked in Jamaica in 2004. Murry was hit and kicked by five men after publicly being called gay.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Court of Appeal has ruled that there is no general principle that a 10-year-old child cannot be found liable for negligence. This is seen as a landmark decision, ...
Justice Anderson, however, believes that it would be a positive step for Jamaica to sign off on the CCJ as its final court of appeal, assuring that the country would not be disadvantaged.
As Jamaica prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of independence from Britain, the government in Kingston is talking about cutting a legal legacy of the British Empire.
A Court of Appeal judge has ordered the Home Office not to deport people to Jamaica on Tuesday unless they had access to a functioning, non-O2 Sim card on or before 3 February.
In April 2020, six years after the murder, Jamaica’s Court of Appeal upheld the convictions after a 2018 petition by the defence, a result that dejected the flamboyant artist’s many fans. The next ...
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica's high court ruled Friday that a school was within its rights to demand that a girl cut her dreadlocks to attend classes, a surprise decision that ...