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A number of cases currently before the High Court will have to be postponed for a while longer, as efforts continue to have the courtrooms at the Parliament Drive building properly cleaned and sanitised. Last Monday, the courtroom that housed the Bruce Greenaway murder trial was forcibly closed after court…
By Shermain Bique-Charles Shermainbique.charles@antiguaobserver.com Dozens of disabled people are expected to walk through St John’s on April 23 to show their dissatisfaction with the way plans to improve disability parking in the city have been handled. President of the Antigua and Barbuda Association of Persons Living with Disabilities Bernard Warner…
Following the news that Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Anthony Armstrong has been charged in Jamaica, sources in the Ministry of Legal Affairs have disclosed that Senior Crown Counsel Shannon Jones-Gittens is expected to take over the position of DPP in the interim. Jones-Gittens has been a practicing attorney for…
Legal move makes it easier for indigent prisoners to access bail
An amendment to the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court’s (ECSE) civil procedures rules is making it easier for prisoners on remand who cannot afford legal representation, to apply for bail on their own behalf.
Attorney-at-law Wendel Robinson told Observer that, under normal circumstances, a prisoner who is on remand pending the outcome of his or her matter, would be required to pay a lawyer between EC$2,500 and EC$3,500 to apply to the High Court for bail on their behalf, in addition to filing fees that are charged by the court.