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My bro is evicting my other bro from our dad’s land in Jamaica

LegalWiz

My brother in Jamaica and another brother received power to be administrators on my dead father’s property in England.
One of the brothers obtained an order to evict the other brother from the same property in a matter at Sutton Street court, although the other brother who is to be evicted was not in court when the judge ruled.
Please assist.

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HOW TO: Give someone notice to leave property in Jamaica

Anthea

In Jamaica, when considering to terminate occupancy of your premises, one needs to serve a notice upon the occupant. To ‘serve a notice’ means that a notice to quit is written up and given to the occupant you want to leave/ quit the premises. Below is the notice to quit/ eviction notice form you can use is available for you to download and use. You must fill in two such notice forms. Therefore two forms appear on one sheet below – after you have filled them both in, please cut…

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Finding records of probate for 1899 Will in Jamaica?

LegalWiz

QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, My great grand father left a will in 1899 thereabouts, which my brothers and I think a probate was done for. We just want to know if the probate was done as the document we have in our possession says Resident Magistrate Court. Can you guide us on how to check if there was a probate? Ezra Brown RESPONSE: Dear Ezra, Up till recently many persons preferred to apply for probate in the Resident Magistrate court. In order to check for a probate however, especially as…

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