Samuda Johnson News Today

The Jamaica Association of Composers Authors and Publishers (JACAP) will not be compensated for the millions of dollars being sought from Restaurants of Jamaica, trading as KFC, for alleged infringement of copyright. Last week, the Court of Appeal...

An application has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to have businessman Rohan Marley sent to prison for failing to pay nearly $15 million in damages stemming from a 2016 motor vehicle crash. Rohan is the son of Jamaican music legend Bob...

The Jamaica Association of Composers, Authors and Publishers Limited (JACAP) has lost its legal battle to recover millions of dollars from Restaurants of Jamaica, trading as KFC, for “alleged copyright infringement”. The case also examined...

The operators of Jamaica College (JC) have rejected former principal Ruel Reid’s claim for at least $10 million in incentive payments and are pushing for his lawsuit to be thrown out. Reid, a former education minister who resigned in 2019 amid...

The Supreme Court has ruled that a man suing the Norman Manley International Airport after he suffered injuries after a chair he was sitting on collapsed does not need to put up money to pursue his legal action. The Airports Authority of Jamaica...

Former Education Minister Ruel Reid is seeking at least $10 million in incentive payments and salary top-ups for his time as principal of Jamaica College (JC), the all-boys high school he is suing for alleged breach of contract. Reid, who resigned...

Ruel Reid, the former education minister who resigned amid corruption allegations, is suing the owners of Jamaica College (JC) for millions of dollars he claims is owed to him for the last four years of his contract as principal. It is the latest...

Matrix Engineering Works Limited, owners of the cabin cruiser Chaperone, has received a Supreme Court award of US$190,200 against two defendants whose vessel, while engaged in dredging activities in the Kingston Harbour, generated bow waves which...

In a week, Justice David Batts is expected to tell Mystic Mountain receiver Wilfred Baghaloo whether he can proceed with the sale of the Ocho Rios-based adventure tour company that went bankrupt during the pandemic and is in the hands of its...

The court has rescinded the decision of the trustee to bar a representative of Sygnus Credit Investments Limited from overseeing the bankruptcy proceedings for Mystic Mountain Limited, MML, saying she had overstepped her authority. Gordon had...