By Paul Reid, Jamaica Observer writer JAMAICAN athletes, coaches and fans attending this year’s annual Penn Relays Carnival in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania this month will be able to get legal advice on immigration issues. This is a new service that will be provided by the army of volunteers that make up Team Jamaica Bickle (TJB), the nonprofit organisation that caters to the needs of the hundreds of Jamaicans who converge on Franklin Field the last full weekend of April every year for America’s largest continuous track meet. For the past few…
Read MoreCategory: Of Law and Justice
Articles by senior journalists including reports, interviews on matters of justice, legal etc across Jamaica
Locations of courthouses across/in Jamaica
This is in follow up to requests for assistance in locating courthouses across Jamaica, West Indies. Where are the Courthouses located in Jamaica?
Read MoreOwnership is 90% possession even in Jamaica
After 6 years, YOU should enter into a fresh agreement should you want to retrieve what you gave them. THAT new ‘owner’ owes you nothing not even an ear
Read MoreHOLD ON! US Judge tells Jamaican ‘don’ Dudus, lawyers
“Federal prosecutors must prove convicted Jamaican drug lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke’s life of violence extended far beyond his admitted crimes…” at hearings
Read MoreAnthea McGibbon offers more researching for clients
Resulting from the number of college students requesting assistance with research, the writer lovers team now officially adds researching to it’s portfolio
Read MorePlease tell me how to research Jamaica survey, title!
I love this piece of land – it’s my dream and I want to make sure I take all the rights steps to make this come true. The vendors have a solicitor already and..
Read MoreKNOW HOW: Buy or sell property/ land/ house in Jamaica
This guideline to buying and selling Jamaica property is based on interviews with experienced legal practitioners, real estate agents, building contractors
Read MoreAsk a JAMAICAN, a qualified one, about Jamaica laws!
Here are the listing of our statutes, that govern behaviour, principle and to some extent influence our culture as Jamaicans.
Read MoreEDITORIAL: The sin of poverty and the Jamaican courthouses
To not be able to afford a lawyer is a CRIME in Jamaica. How dARE YOU poorman come before the gods of Jamaica’s lower courts for justice?
Read MoreCan I get the 50% my Jamaican dad told me about before death
My dad told me about a 50% before he died, but my stepmom says nothing further. I do want my Jamaican land…
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