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The late Justice of Appeal, Hon. Justice Jefferson Cumberbatch. (GP) The recent passing of Honourable Justice of Appeal, Jefferson Cumberbatch, is a tremend ...

The Barbados Bar Association mourns the passing of the Honourable Mr. Justice of Appeal Jefferson Cumberbatch with a profound sense of sadness and loss.

Justice of Appeal Barbados, Hon. Justice Jefferson Cumberbatch. (GP) Barbados has lost one of its keenest legal minds with the passing of Justice of Appeal, ...

Justice of Appeal Barbados, Hon. Justice Jefferson Cumberbatch. (GP) Barbados has lost one of its keenest legal minds with the passing of Justice of Appeal, ...

The Court of Appeal has reserved its decision in a matter related to a citizen’s challenge of the conduct of the last general election. Chief Justice Sir Patterson Cheltenham said on Wednesday that the panel will at a later date rule on whether it will strike out the grounds of appeal filed by attorney-at-law Lalu Hanuman against a High Court judge’s

ELECTION APPEAL CASE ADJOURNED AFTER ‘GRAVE’ SUBMISSIONS BY LAWYERS FOR AG, PRESIDENT The lawyer representing a citizen’s challenge of the conduct of the January 19, 2022 general election has been given additional time to respond to submissions that Chief Justice Sir Patterson Cheltenham said could “bomb his application out of existence”. Lalu Hanuman will return to the Court of Appeal on April

The Barbados Court of Appeal has reserved judgment in the constitutional motion brought against  Attorney General Dale Marshall challenging the composition of the Senate following the 2022 General Elections.The appellate panel comprising Chief Justice Sir Patterson Cheltenham and Justices Jefferson Cumberbatch and Rejendra Narine heard arguments on Thursday from counsel for respondent Marshall and claimant Adriel Brathwaite, a former Attorney General under the Democratic Labour Party (DLP).Thro...

The Court of Appeal has reduced the sentence of convicted killer James Ricardo Alexander Fields from 22 years in jail to 11. The appeal was heard on Tuesday by Justices of Appeal Rajendra Narine, Francis Belle and Jefferson Cumberbatch. In February 2020, a 12-member jury found Fields, formerly of Bank Hall Main Road, St Michael, not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of Michael Dear, …

The Appeal brought against a preliminary point in the constitutional motion by former Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite, who is challenging the validity of Parliament, has been adjourned until January 24 next year. The matter was heard by Chief Justice Sir Patterson Cheltenham and Justices of Appeal Rajendra Narine and Jefferson Cumberbatch yesterday. Brathwaite’s constitutional motion has alleged that the Senate, with only 18 senators at the time, was not properly …

The challenge against a High Court ruling that gave the go-ahead for the Senate to meet and conduct business before all 21 members were appointed in March will be heard in the Court of Appeal on January 24 next year.                                                                                                                                          Before then, Queen’s Counsel Garth Patterson who is representing the appell...