Patrick Brooks News Today

The Court of Appeal has frowned on the five-year delay in which Demitri Clarke, a rugby coach of a Kingston address, who was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment, had to wait before receiving the full transcript of his trial so that his...

FORMER TRUSTEE for Mystic Mountain Limited, Debbie-Ann Gordon, was granted permission on Monday to present her grounds for appeal on or before February 23, in relation to costs awarded against her in the Supreme Court. Mystic Mountain is an...

At a special sitting of the Court of Appeal on Friday, several members of the judiciary paid tribute to the late Justice Cecil Dennis Morrison, hailing him as a legend in the legal profession in Jamaica and the Caribbean. Morrison passed away on...

It’s becoming harder and harder to be witty or satirical about Jamaica’s violent crime. These days, as I sit before my magic rectangle staring at its blank facsimile of a page, I try to channel any of Jamaica’s satirists including legends like Mass...

A security guard who spent four years in prison because of the failure of the presiding judge to give adequate warnings to the jury after the complainant, who was a child, had admitted to telling lies, may not be able to recover from the setback...

Having spearheaded a sharp reduction in the backlog in Jamaica’s courts, Chief Justice Bryan Sykes is likely to be worried that his efforts could be undone because of the inadequacy and/or insufficiency of tools to maintain the job. A shortage of...

A Virginia man is accused of trying to have sex with a minor after he allegedly arranged a meeting with a Frederick County Sheriff’s Office detective who was posing as

More than 100 cars drove from Narooma to Central Tilba and back on October 14.

More than 100 cars drove from Narooma to Central Tilba and back on October 14.

More than 100 cars drove from Narooma to Central Tilba and back on October 14.