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While noting that the judiciary is doing “our very best” to address the current backlog, Chief Justice Sir Brian Moree said yesterday many murder cases take long to go to trial because of months-long wait times for pathology reports and prosecutorial shortages. “I think it’s important to understand that the criminal justice system involves a

New civil procedure rules before Easter, says chief justice Chief Justice Brian Moree. FILE After years of delays, Chief Justice Sir Brian Moree, QC said he expects to put into effect the new civil procedure rules (CPR) which would include a formal, structured mediation process for the court system before April. The CPR was initially expected to come into effect in June 2013, but suffered a number of delays; and then again last April, however the COVID-19 pandemic caused another delay. “We ...

By Allyson Maynard-Gibson, QC “In the face of the pandemic, ‘we have realized that we are in the same boat, all of us fragile and disoriented, but at the same time important and needed, all of us called to row together’, since ‘no one reaches salvation by themselves’ and no state can ensure the common good of its population if it remains isolated.” — His Holiness Pope Francis, “A Culture of Care as a Path to Peace” Wednesday, January 13, 2021 was the legally mandated Opening o...