QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, I recently found out that I am not divorced from my first husband in Jamaica. I have been filing for my boy since my ex-husband in Jamaica started divorce proceedings. Now that the immigration officer asked me for the proof that my divorce is final, I called back to Jamaica and was told it is not finalised. Is there any way I can have the paperwork backdated to an earlier date so that my current marriage will not be threatened. The lawyer apparently stopped working on…
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I got a ‘wrong formal order’ in Kingston, Jamaica
Webmasters Make $$$ Dear Legal Wiz, Last Saturday I found out that my landlord started and won a case against me in the Resident Magistrates Court in Kingston. I was told that he now has power from the Court to evict me from the house which I rented from him. I found all this out after I showed a document left on my verandah to the court staff downtown. I got the document from my niece who called me when I was at work to tell me that a man…
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I waited all day to find out Jamaican RM summons was not served
Webmasters Make $$$ QUESTION: Dear Legal wiz, I went to the Resident Magistrate Court in Jamaica, and after waiting all day, they told me that the summons was not served. I insisted because I had gone with the young man who served the summons, and the lady told me that he didnt see the return piece. When I eventually saw the young man, he had the copy of the summons that should have been given to the Defendant. He didnt come to court. What should I do now, because I…
Read MoreResident Magistrates’ (NOA) address of touts may be wrong tactic
Webmasters Make $$$ In recent times, the Resident Magistrates at the Sutton Street Court location have been ordering that members of the public use the bailiff’s office for process service. Perhaps in response to an article, published in the Jamaica Gleaner March 29th, 2015, titled “Bailiffs being put out of office by touts in the street ” these certain Resident Magistrates are attempting to maintain control by these means. The article written by Barbara Gayle was solely based on, and reflected mostly accusations levied by Mr Augustus Sheriah, who has…
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