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Privy Council says it’ll consider Appeal Court’s ruling in Kartel case

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is expected to rule in a few months on the fate of dancehall star Vybz Kartel and his three murder co-convicts following an adjournment of their appeal hearing on Thursday. The second and final day saw...

One bad apple

Lawyers of incarcerated dancehall artiste, Adidja 'Vybz Kartel' Palmer, have argued before the UK-based Privy Council that a fair retrial of the entertainer's murder case would be impossible, given the high-profile nature...

Attorneys representing dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel and his three co-convicts at their appeal before the Privy Council have argued against sending the matter for retrial, saying it would be impossible for the men to get a fair trial...

Keith Clarke case A preliminary hearing has been scheduled in February to determine the validity of the “good-faith certificates” in the Keith Clarke case. The matter, which has been lagging in the system for over a decade, has seen several legal...

THE Court of Appeal on Tuesday granted a stay of the General Legal Council's (GLC) decision to suspend attorney Isat Buchanan for two years for breaches of the canons of professional ethics, pendi...

Valerie Neita-Robertson, King’s Counsel (KC), believes the two-year suspension handed to her client, attorney-at-law Isat Buchanan, for offensive comments about the country’s chief prosecutor, Paula Llewellyn, is excessive. She is contemplating...

Attorney-at-law Isat Buchanan was on Tuesday handed a two-year suspension by a disciplinary panel of the General Legal Council (GLC) after he was found guilty of professional misconduct for offensive comments he directed at the country...

Wednesday, February 14, 2024, Valentine’s Day, is the start date for Vybz Kartel, Shawn Storm, Kahira Jones and Andre St John to have their appeal for a murder conviction heard by the Privy Council in England. The quartet share a similarity with...