Man charged seven years after fatal crash, Crown lashed
Article by May 7, 2021
A lawyer lambasted the Crown’s “dismissive and flippant attitude” in a case where a man was charged almost seven years after a road accident claimed an elderly man’s life, a court heard Thursday.
And the Crown’s early absence in a constitutional lawsuit seemingly compounded Queen’s Counsel Larry Smith’s arguments in the case in which he is representing Preston Parris along with attorneys Jamila Smith and Jeriah Rock.
Thursday’s virtual hearing was scheduled to start at 10 a.m. before Justice Shona Griffith but was delayed to await a member of either the Director of Public Prosecutions Office or the Solicitor General’s Chambers. Principal Crown Counsel Marsha Lougheed eventually joined around noon.
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Home / Top Featured Article / In landmark case, civil servants shielded from automatic firing for legal infractions In landmark case, civil servants shielded from automatic firing for legal infractions
Article by May 5, 2021
The Supreme Court has declared unlawful, the automatic dismissal of public workers on the basis of criminal convictions as it ruled on Monday in two separate decisions with wide-ranging implications for employment relations in Government.
On Monday, Madame Justice Shona Griffith delivered landmark judgments in cases brought by Wilbert Lynch v the Chief Personnel Officer, the Public Service Commission and the Attorney General and Kenrick Carmichael v. the Attorney General et al, which now place tremendous scrutiny on the way disciplinary proceedings are conducted.
Court ruling has implications for magistrates’ action
Article by May 5, 2021
The days of persons being convicted of criminal offences and having their records immediately expunged in the Magistrates’ Courts could well be a thing of the past, based on a powerful precedent set in the Supreme Court on Monday.
In fact, the recent judgment suggests that the magistrates who delivered such rulings may well have been acting outside of their power.
In handing down a judgement regarding the treatment of public officers facing disciplinary proceedings, Madame Justice Shona Griffith rejected arguments from two separate claimants who were represented by Hal Gollop Q.C. in association with Saffron Griffith on one hand and Gregory Nicholls on the other.
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Home / Court / Lawyer wants Government’s amendment to Act axed as he made a case for compensation and bail for client Lawyer wants Government’s amendment to Act axed as he made a case for compensation and bail for client
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Lawyers for an accused gunman are claiming that the 2019 amendment to the
Bail Act is “unconstitutional” and infringes on “six” of their client’s rights. Furthermore, the legal team wants the court to award more than quarter million dollars to the accused in the matter.
Lamar Antonio Jones, from Rock Avenue, Wildey, St Michael who has been on remand for the past 17 months in connection with matters under the