Category: Of Law and Justice

Articles by senior journalists including reports, interviews on matters of justice, legal etc across Jamaica

2020 DIY JAMAICA COURT FORMS: Recover rent, usage fee for land

LegalWiz
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If you are considering taking someone to court in Jamaica for rent, here are court forms you can use in Parish Court. The forms are created by Legal Wiz. Simply click the link, download, print, fill in and file at the court nearest to the relating location. Make sure to bring your postage stamp. If you are claiming for the property only a one dollar postal stamp will do. For anything else a postal stamp valued at twenty dollars and above will be required for Court only purposes. You CAN…

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Jamaica’s legal system needs brain to handle touts, ‘scammers’

Anthea

While the country combats the Covid-19 pandemic, the pubic also is faced with another dilemma within the legal system. Corruption, Touts, and dare I say ‘Scammers – legal scammers’ that is. TOUTS AT PARISH COURT At select court offices, one can be swindled by men posing as bailiffs and police and even court staffers offering services to file, serve and collect summons and even attend court for big bucks, but seldom carry out the tasks either by choice, or lack of the ability to do so. Needless to say there…

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