DOCSLIB.ORG

Parish Courts of Jamaica the Chief Justice's Annual Statistics Report

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Parish Courts of Jamaica the Chief Justice's Annual Statistics Report Parish Courts of Jamaica The Chief Justice’s Annual Statistics Report for 2020 (Civil Matters) JANUARY TO DECEMBER 2020 2019 Gross Case Disposal rate (%) 50.84 77.29 Gross Case Clearance Rate (%) 95.34 90.73 Trial Date Certainty Rate (%) 81.16 79.40 Average time to disposition 10.40 5.67 months months 1 Prepared by: The Court Statistics Unit, Supreme Court of Jamaica Kings Street, Kingston. TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................ 3 Methodology ...................................................................................................................................................... 6 Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………….......7 Corporate Area Court – Civil Division .............................................................................................................. ...9 Hanover Parish Court ....................................................................................................................................... .26 Manchester Parish Court (Small Claims Court) .............................................................................................. .37 St. Catherine Parish Court ................................................................................................................................ .46 Trelawny Parish Court ...................................................................................................................................... .62 St. Ann Parish Court...…….….…………….……………………………………………………………………….71 Westmoreland Parish Court ............................................................................................................................ .85 St. Mary Parish Court.………………………………………………………………………………………………96 Portland Parish Court……………………….…….…………………………………………...…...…………......109 St. Thomas Parish Court………………...……………..……...……………………………………………….….119 St. Elizabeth Parish Court…………………………………………….……………………...…………….…...…131 Performance Summaries – Other Parish Courts……………………………….……………………...…….…144 Aggregate data summaries – all Parish Courts………………………...……………………………………….145 Conclusion…………………………………………...…………………...…….….……………………………….151 Glossary of Terms………………………………………………………...…………………………………….….153 2 Executive Summary The Jamaican court system entered 2020 with significant momentum, buoyed by record case clearance and case disposal rates over the previous eighteen months, a steady improvement in trial date certainty rates and strong and consistent reductions in the both the case congestion and case backlog rates. This progress placed the court system on the trajectory to reduce its net case backlog incidence to below 5% within the next 2-3 years, a feat that would make it one of the best performing courts in the world. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic caused a reduction in court activity especially during the second and third quarters of 2020, however the civil division of the parish courts, like other divisions are showing immense resilience. As at the end of 2021, stochastic probability analysis suggests that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on court activity in the civil division of the parish courts in 2020 were not sufficient to warrant undue concern about the ability to meet the key quantitative targets in the judiciary’s strategic plan. In fact, it will be illustrated below that the parish courts were able to surpass 2019 on some key performance metrics. The civil division of the parish courts recorded an overall estimated gross case clearance rate of 95.34% in 2020, an increase of 4.61 percentage points when compared to 2019. Six parish courts, namely the Corporate Area Parish Court – Civil Division (165.25%), the Portland Parish Court (115.63%), the Hanover Parish Court (113.98%), the St. Thomas Parish Court (113.98%), the St. Mary Parish Court (100.92%), the St. Catherine Parish Court (95.45%), and the Westmoreland Parish Court (90.68%) exceeded the minimum international prescription of 90% on this metric while several other courts had commendable outcomes. The Clarendon Parish Court for example with a case clearance rate of 88.16% fell just short of the required minimum standard. The overall 3 gross case disposal rate recorded was a modest 50.84%, a decline of 26.45 percentage points when compared to 2019. This decline and the sizeable spread from the case clearance rate recorded in the civil division of the parish courts was partly a result of the challenges experienced by the courts with new summonses. Thus, as a whole proportionately less of the cases disposed were new cases. The parish courts of Hanover (88.65%), the Corporate Area Court – Civil Division (80.42%) and the Westmoreland parish Court (76.71%) were the only three parish courts which exceeded the desired 70% mark on the gross case clearance rate measure. 15920 new cases were filed in the civil division of the parish courts in 2020, a sharp decline of 26.11 percentage points when compared to 2019. An estimated 79.83% of the new cases filed in 2020 were big claims, while roughly 20.03% were small claims and the remaining proportion were either proceeds of crime (POCA) and miscellaneous matters. Among the most frequently occurring causes of action for the quarter are – breach of contract, recovery of possession, negligence and rent owing. When dates adjourned due to the COVID-19 pandemic were isolated, the civil division of the parish courts recorded an overall estimated trial date certainty rate of 81.16% in 2020, a slight improvement of 1.76 percentage points when compared to 2019. The Trelawny Parish court (91.11%), the Corporate Area Parish Court – Civil Division (90.03%), the Westmoreland Parish Court (90%) and the Clarendon Parish Court (89.25%) were the best performing courts on this metric for 2020. Among the leading causes of delay in the progression of hearings, which were encountered across the civil division of the parish courts in the third quarter of 2020 are adjournments due to the absence of defendants and plaintiffs respectively, the absence of both parties, matters reissued and adjournments pending settlements. 4 The civil division of the parish courts also fared reasonably well with respect to the average length of time taken to dispose of cases which were resolved in the third quarter of 2020. The estimated average time to dispose these cases was 10.40 months, an increase of 4.73 percentage points when compared to 2019. This increase is largely on account of the marked decline in the number of new cases disposed in 2020. The cumulative progress highlighted is quite commendable but there is still some way to go in creating the most efficient and productive civil courts in Jamaica, especially within the context of the current challenges. The speed of adaptation of the courts to the prevailing realities is crucial to consistently delivering the highest standard of justice. This effort will be greatly aided by the anticipated introduction of an advanced data capture and case management system called the Judicial Case Management System (JCMS) in 2021/22 fiscal year. See below aggregate case activity summary: Table 1.0: Aggregate case flow performance estimates for the year ended December 31, 2020 Approximate Approximate Approximate Approximate Approximate Approximate Overall number of number of gross Gross Gross Gross trial average new cases disposed number of Disposal rate Clearance date time to and inactive disposed (%) rate (%) certainty disposition cases (of and inactive rate (%) (months) those cases in the originating year in the year) 15920 8093 15178 50.84 95.34 81.16 10.4 5 Methodology – Generating Court Statistics in Jamaica Guaranteeing the reliability and validity of the data used to produce the periodic statistical reports for the Jamaican Courts is of utmost importance as we seek to produce a data driven enterprise for policymaking and operational decisions. As a result, a robust and verifiable system of data production has been created in both the parish courts and the Supreme Court. At the parish courts, a data capture system for criminal matters, called the CISS (Case Information Statistical System) has been operational in all courts for the past five years. This system captures a wide range of data on the progression of criminal cases from initiation to disposition and is manned by at least one dedicated Data Entry Officer (soon to be called Statistical Officers) in each court. These officers update the system on a daily basis so that the data produced is as close as possible to real time. The electronic data sheets for each parish court are then validated and backed-up to the network at the end of each month and the data submitted to a centralized, secure medium for processing by the Statistical Unit of the Supreme Court. A data validation mechanism is in place to periodically sample case files in all parish courts and the Divisions of the Supreme Court on a quarterly basis. A representative sample of case files are taken in each case and crosschecked against the electronic data to detect and eliminate errors of omission and commission. The Court Statistics Unit at the Supreme Court produces various quarterly and annual court reports which are published on the website of the Supreme Court; however, interim data required by stakeholders may be requested through the Office of the Chief Justice. 6 Introduction This report details case activity in the Civil Division of the Parish Courts of Jamaica for the year
Load more

Recommended publications
  • 49 Specimen. She Did Not Misidentify One of the Specimens of Atya Scabra She Reported from St. Paul's River Near Mt. Coffee
    NUMBER 364 49 specimen. She did not misidentify one of the tion of the shrimp and stated that this species is specimens of Atya scabra she reported from St. thought to be confined to rocky sections of the Paul's River near Mt. Coffee, Liberia (see "Dis- river (Volta). tribution" of A. scabra herein). She erred, however, In his review of the caridean Crustacea of in considering specimens of A. qfricana to be con- tropical West Africa, Holthuis (1951) provided a specific with A. scabra in synonymizing A. gabonen- nearly complete synonomy for the species and sis with the latter, listing the Orinoco and "Ga- listed all of the known locality records, expressing bun" as localities for A. scabra. Thompson (1901) doubt, however, of the validity of the reported reported the presence of Atya gabonensis among the occurrence of the species in the Orinoco River, Crustacea "contained in the Museum of Univer- and erring in treating Rathbun's (1900), and sity College, Dundee," but noted the absence of perhaps Johnston's (1906), records for A. scabra in locality data. Liberia as those of A. gabonensis. Monod (1967) In recording the specimens of atyids in the cited the range of this shrimp as extending from Museum d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), Bouvier Senegal to Gabon; his illustrations were taken (1904) stated that this shrimp is the most beau- from Bouvier (1925) and Irvine (1947). Gordon tiful and largest species belonging to the genus (1967) included no information concerning this Atya. He listed specimens from three localities (see shrimp. Reed (1967) reported its presence in most "Distribution and Specimens Examined").
    [Show full text]
  • Office Attendants and Cleaners Certified
    OFFICE ATTENDANTS AND CLEANERS CERTIFIED For the first time in the history of “You can use the certificates the judiciary, office attendants and to get jobs elsewhere includ- cleaners have been certified after ing overseas because IWED they received training to improve is an accredited training or- their performance on the job in a ganization (ATO) by bid to make Jamaica’s judiciary NCTVET- Heart Trust/NTA the best in the Caribbean in three and HEART is a recognized years and among the best in the institution,” the Chief Justice world in six years. emphasized. The four-day training, which was One of the participants in the conducted by the Institute of training exercise Rosemarie The Hon. Mr. Justice Bryan Sykes OJ CD, Workforce Education and Devel- Chanteloupe from the Chief Justice, hands over certificate to Jennifer opment (IWED) at the Knutsford Manchester Parish Court said Bryan from the Traffic Court at the Award Court Hotel in Kingston “I learn a lot and I appreciate Ceremony for Office Attendants held at the everything that they did for (November 18-19, 2019) and Riu Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James December 19, 2019. us. The training helped us to (November 21-22, 2019), covered learn more about our work ethic and to have better a range of topics such as: custom- and urged them to apply what they have customer relation skills.” er relations, proper sanitation, garnered from the training exercise to food handling practices and pro- their jobs. Another participant, Shaun cedures, occupational safety and Huggarth from the Hanover Chief Justice Sykes said the training is workplace professionalism.
    [Show full text]
  • WHAT IS a FARM? AGRICULTURE, DISCOURSE, and PRODUCING LANDSCAPES in ST ELIZABETH, JAMAICA by Gary R. Schnakenberg a DISSERTATION
    WHAT IS A FARM? AGRICULTURE, DISCOURSE, AND PRODUCING LANDSCAPES IN ST ELIZABETH, JAMAICA By Gary R. Schnakenberg A DISSERTATION Submitted to Michigan State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Geography – Doctor of Philosophy 2013 ABSTRACT WHAT IS A FARM? AGRICULTURE, DISCOURSE, AND PRODUCING LANDSCAPES IN ST. ELIZABETH, JAMAICA By Gary R. Schnakenberg This dissertation research examined the operation of discourses associated with contemporary globalization in producing the agricultural landscape of an area of rural Jamaica. Subject to European colonial domination from the time of Columbus until the 1960s and then as a small island state in an unevenly globalizing world, Jamaica has long been subject to operations of unequal power relationships. Its history as a sugar colony based upon chattel slavery shaped aspects of the society that emerged, and left imprints on the ethnic makeup of the population, orientation of its economy, and beliefs, values, and attitudes of Jamaican people. Many of these are smallholder agriculturalists, a livelihood strategy common in former colonial places. Often ideas, notions, and practices about how farms and farming ‘ought-to-be’ in such places results from the operations and workings of discourse. As advanced by Foucault, ‘discourse’ refers to meanings and knowledge circulated among people and results in practices that in turn produce and re-produce those meanings and knowledge. Discourses define what is right, correct, can be known, and produce ‘the world as it is.’ They also have material effects, in that what it means ‘to farm’ results in a landscape that emerges from those meanings. In Jamaica, meanings of ‘farms’ and ‘farming’ have been shaped by discursive elements of contemporary globalization such as modernity, competition, and individualism.
    [Show full text]
  • Jamaica's Parishes and Civil Registration Districts
    Jamaican registration districts Jamaica’s parishes and civil registration districts [updated 2010 Aug 15] (adapted from a Wikimedia Commons image) Parishes were established as administrative districts at the English conquest of 1655. Though the boundaries have changed over the succeeding centuries, parishes remain Jamaica’s fundamental civil administrative unit. The three counties of Cornwall (green, on the map above), Middlesex (pink), and Surrey (yellow) have no administrative relevance. The present parishes were consolidated in 1866 with the re-division of eight now- extinct entities, none of which will have civil records. A good historical look at the parishes as they changed over time may be found on the privately compiled “Jamaican Parish Reference,” http://prestwidge.com/river/jamaicanparishes.html (cited 2010 Jul 1). Civil registration of vital records was mandated in 1878. For civil recording, parishes were subdivided into named registration districts. Districts record births, marriages (but not divorces), and deaths since the mandate. Actual recording might not have begun in a district until several years later after 1878. An important comment on Jamaican civil records may be found in the administrative history available on the Registrar General’s Department Website at http://apps.rgd.gov.jm/history/ (cited 2010 Jul 1). This list is split into halves: 1) a list of parishes with their districts organized alphabetically by code; and 2) an alphabetical index of district names as of the date below the title. As the Jamaican population grows and districts are added, the list of registration districts lengthens. The parish code lists are current to about 1995. Registration districts created after that date are followed by the parish name rather than their district code.
    [Show full text]
  • The Social Environment 6-1
    The Social Environment 6-1 6.1 Demographic Characteristics and Trends population continues to live in the contiguous southeastern parishes of Kingston, St. Andrew and St. Catherine. Kingston and St. Andrew 6.1.1 Population and Growth Rate represented the major focus of inter-parish movements and growth Manchester had population of 185,269, in 2001, 7.1% of the national from 1921 to 1991. The most recent decade has seen a continuing population (Table 6.1, overleaf). The latest figure represents a growth decline in the population of the parish of Kingston and the slowing of rate of 16.6% since 1991 (156,700, 6.9% of the island’s total). The growth of the parish of St. Andrew. In contrast, the parish of St. growth rate was almost twice the national rate (9.1%) and one of the Catherine has continued its 2.3% growth rate of the past 30 years, highest in Jamaica. It compares with a rate of 8.8% between 1982 and nearly three times the national rate. 1991 and 18.6% between 1970 and 1982. Since 1982, the average Between 1991 and 2001, the fastest growing parishes after St. annual rate has been 0.94%. The high rate appears to be continuing. Catherine were Manchester (1.5%), St. James (1.3%) and St. Ann (1.1%). In terms of actual numbers, the parish of St. Catherine grew by 98,689 between 1991 and 2001, contributing 45.1% of the overall growth of 218,668 (Table 6.2). Manchester, with 25,661 new residents, was the next highest contributor, followed by Clarendon (+21,446), St.
    [Show full text]
  • Caribbean Ornithology
    The Journal of Caribbean Ornithology RESEARCH NOTE Vol. 28:11–14. 2015 History of the Spotted Rail (Pardirallus maculatus) in Jamaica with first photographic documentation of breeding Gary R. Graves Vaughan A. Turland Catherine Levy Photo: Wolde Kristos The Journal of Caribbean Ornithology www.birdscaribbean.org/jco ISSN 1544-4953 RESEARCH NOTE Vol. 28:11–14. 2015 www.birdscaribbean.org History of the Spotted Rail Pardirallus( maculatus) in Jamaica with first photographic documentation of breeding Gary R. Graves1, Vaughan A. Turland2, and Catherine Levy3 Abstract The Spotted Rail (Pardirallus maculatus) was presumed extinct in Jamaica for most of the period between its dis- covery by W.T. March in 1863 and its rediscovery in 1977 in the Upper Morass of the Black River system, St. Elizabeth Parish. An individual salvaged in 1987 in Mandeville, Manchester Parish, is the sole modern specimen from Jamaica and the only recent record away from the Black River. Populations of unknown size occur in both the Upper (~1,760 ha) and Lower Morasses (~6,075 ha) of the Black River. Evidence of breeding was reported from the Upper Morass in 2012 and photographic documentation of juvenile rails was obtained in 2014. Keywords Black River Morass, Jamaica, Pardirallus maculatus, St. Elizabeth Parish, Spotted Rail, West Indies, W.T. March Resumen Historia de Pardirallus maculatus en Jamaica con el primer registro fotográfico de su reproducción—Pardirallus ma- culatus estaba considerada extinta en Jamaica en la mayor parte del período entre su descubrimiento por W.T. March, en 1863, y su redescubrimiento en 1977 en Upper Morass, en el sistema del Black River, distrito de St.
    [Show full text]
  • Manchester Parish) Provisional Development Order, 2013
    I,' ' ' THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (MANCHESTER PARISH) PROVISIONAL DEVELOPMENT ORDER, 2013 · March 26, 2013 CONTENTS Page 1 13 Citation, Interpretation a11dGeneral Regulations .............................................. 190V - 190v Schedules 14 18 First S�hedule-Description of Boundaries ..................................................... I 90v - I 90v 19 22 Second Schedule Use Classes ........................................................................... l 90V - l 90V Class I -Shops .............................................................................................. 190V19 Class 2 - Financial and Professional.Services.............................................. 190V19 Class 3 -Restaurants and Cafes ..................................................................... l 90v20 Class 4 - Drinking Establishments...................................... ,., ............. , ......... l 90v20 Class 5 -Hot food take aways .................................................................. -;';.. 190v20 Class 6 - Business ............................................................................................ I 90v20 Class 7 -General Industry ............................. ............................................... l 90v20 . ' Class 8 -Storage or Distribution........................................ :......................... l 90v20 Class 9 - Hotels .........................................................., ................................. l 90v20 Class 10 -Residential Institutions...............................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT), Jamaica Archive and Gordon, Ms
    AtlAs of CulturAl HeritAge AND iNfrAstruCture of tHe Americas JAMAICA luis Alberto moreno President Board of trustees Honourable General Coordinator liliana melo de sada olivia grange m. P. Alfonso Castellanos Ribot ChairPerson of the Board Minister ● ● ● national liaison Trustees mr. robert martin Marcela Diez teresa Aguirre lanari de Bulgheroni PerManent seCretary ● sandra Arosemena de Parra ● national teaM Adriana Cisneros de griffin senator Warren Newby Desmin Sutherland-Leslie (Coordinator) gonzalo Córdoba mallarino Halcyee Anderson Andrés faucher Minister of state marcello Hallake Shemicka Crawford enrique V. iglesias ● Christine martínez V-s de Holzer ProGraMMers eric l. motley, PhD A Alfonso Flores (Coordinator) rodolfo Paiz Andrade Eduardo González López marina ramírez steinvorth directories Alba M. Denisse Morales Álvarez Julia salvi ● Ana maría sosa de Brillembourg Diego de la torre editorial Coordination ● Alfonso Castellanos Ribot sari Bermúdez ● Ceo editorial desiGn raúl Jaime Zorrilla Juan Arroyo and Luz María Zamitiz dePuty Ceo Editorial Sestante, S.A. de C.V. Atlas of Cultural Heritage and Printed and made in Mexico Infrastructure of the Americas: Jamaica isBN (colection:) 978-607-00-4877-7 Primera edición, 2011 isBN (Jamaica Atlas) 978-607-00-4910-1 first edition, 2011 © C. r. inter American Culture and Development foundation, ministry of Youth, sports and Culture, Jamaica. Acknowledgements Institute of Jamaica on behalf of the Cultural Atlas team, we would like to thank the following organisations provided fundamental information the following persons were instrumental in the creation minister olivia grange, m.P. minister of Youth, sports and Culture and support that enabled the publication of the Atlas: of the Atlas: for partnering with the inter-American Cultural foundation (iCDf) to facilitate the creation of the Atlas of Cultural Heritage institute of Jamaica (IOJ), National library of Jamaica (NlJ), ms.
    [Show full text]
  • The Chief Justice's Statistics Report for First Quarter of 2021 (Civil Matters)
    Parish Courts of Jamaica The Chief Justice’s Annual Statistics Report for First Quarter of 2021 (Civil Matters) JANUARY TO MARCH HIGHLIGHTS 2021 2020 Gross Case Clearance Rate (%) 116.93 107.63 Trial Date Certainty Rate (%) 86.83 85.38 Average time to disposition 10.40 10.87 months months 1 Prepared by: The Court Statistics Unit, Supreme Court of Jamaica Kings Street, Kingston. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chief Justice’s Message ...................................................................................................................................... 2 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................ 5 Methodology ...................................................................................................................................................... 8 Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………….......9 Corporate Area Court – Civil Division .............................................................................................................. .11 Hanover Parish Court ....................................................................................................................................... .23 Manchester Parish Court (Small Claims Court ............................................................................................... .32 Portland Parish Court .....................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Front Matter
    Parish of Manchester Local Sustainable Development Plan 2030 and Beyond Manchester Parish Council Manchester Parish Development Committee Local Sustainable Development Plan: 2030 and Beyond Manchester PDC Planning Team WRITERS PHIL RODRIQUES Long Range Planner LISA RAYLE Peace Corp Volunteer RENÉE JAMURAT Planner /CUI Intern RYAN WALLACE Spatial Planner ANGELICA DE JESUS Planner/ CUI Intern KELLY GALASKI CUI and York Intern EVELYN GERE York Intern CONTRIBUTORS BRENDAN CORMIER Planner /CUI Intern SANJAY COELHO Planner/ CUI Intern BRITTANY GURR CUI and York Intern EDITOR PHIL RODRIQUES CONSULTANTS HUBERT MORGAN Planner ALISON MASSA Planner Local Sustainable Development Plan: 2030 and Beyond Manchester PDC Planning Team WRITERS PHIL RODRIQUES Long Range Planner LISA RAYLE Peace Corp Volunteer RENÉE JAMURAT Planner /CUI Intern RYAN WALLACE Spatial Planner ANGELICA DE JESUS Planner/ CUI Intern KELLY GALASKI CUI and York Intern EVELYN GERE York Intern CONTRIBUTORS BRENDAN CORMIER Planner /CUI Intern SANJAY COELHO Planner/ CUI Intern BRITTANY GURR CUI and York Intern EDITOR PHIL RODRIQUES CONSULTANTS HUBERT MORGAN Planner ALISON MASSA Planner Acknowledgements The Manchester Sustainable Development Plan is a product of collaboration between the Manchester Parish Development Committee, Manchester Parish Council, Social Development Commission, National Environment and Planning Agency, Department of Local Government (formerly Ministry of Local Government and Environment) in the Office of the Prime Minister and a wide variety of other local, national and international collaborating partners and organisations. The Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) provided technical and financial support to the planning process, through a financial contribution from the Government of Canada through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). It has been a long and arduous progress and a journey filled with experiences that taught us all many a lessons.
    [Show full text]
  • DOCTOR of PHILOSOPHY the Irish in Jamaica During the Long Eighteenth Century (1698-1836) De Jong, Karst
    DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY The Irish in Jamaica during the long eighteenth century (1698-1836) de Jong, Karst Award date: 2017 Awarding institution: Queen's University Belfast Link to publication Terms of use All those accessing thesis content in Queen’s University Belfast Research Portal are subject to the following terms and conditions of use • Copyright is subject to the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act 1988, or as modified by any successor legislation • Copyright and moral rights for thesis content are retained by the author and/or other copyright owners • A copy of a thesis may be downloaded for personal non-commercial research/study without the need for permission or charge • Distribution or reproduction of thesis content in any format is not permitted without the permission of the copyright holder • When citing this work, full bibliographic details should be supplied, including the author, title, awarding institution and date of thesis Take down policy A thesis can be removed from the Research Portal if there has been a breach of copyright, or a similarly robust reason. If you believe this document breaches copyright, or there is sufficient cause to take down, please contact us, citing details. Email: [email protected] Supplementary materials Where possible, we endeavour to provide supplementary materials to theses. This may include video, audio and other types of files. We endeavour to capture all content and upload as part of the Pure record for each thesis. Note, it may not be possible in all instances to convert analogue formats to usable digital formats for some supplementary materials. We exercise best efforts on our behalf and, in such instances, encourage the individual to consult the physical thesis for further information.
    [Show full text]
  • Charterupdatedoctober2017.Pdf
    Message from the Chief Justice of Jamaica The Jamaican Court system is charged with a mandate to ensure that justice is delivered to the people of Jamaica in a fair, efficient and timely manner. I am committed to that vision as I recognise that public confidence in the administration of Justice in our island’s Courts is critical in any civilized and well-ordered society. However, it must be appreciated that the effective administration of our system of justice will invariably depend on the extent to which all stakeholders of the system are willing to fulfil their respective roles. This means that we all must play our part responsibly, wheth- er as Judges, attorneys, court staff, police officers or members of the public who are the primary users of the service provided by our Courts. I welcome this initiative by the Court Management Services (CMS) and fully endorse the underlying objectives. I believe that in time the Service Charter will become an indispensable tool for all mem- bers of the public, in knowing what to expect when they interact with the court system and what is expected of them in return. Let us all work together to achieve the high standards of service in a court system of which we, as Jamaicans, can all be proud. The Hon Mrs. Justice Zaila McCalla O.J. Chief Justice of Jamaica 2 Message from The principal executive Officer The justice system is fundamental to the proper functioning of any modern society, and at the heart of this system is our Courts. We are aware that attending court is not a common experience for many, which may overwhelm some persons, making them anxious about what to expect.
    [Show full text]