Law
Byron to Lead Caribbean Court of Justice
March 20, 2011 | 2:54 pm | 0 Comment
Sir Charles Michael Dennis Byron will replace the outgoing Michael de la Bastide as the president of the Caribbean Court of Justice, the CARICOM heads of government announced. Byron is currently president of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and the date of his assumption of office is not yet known. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2000, and has more...
Richard Lightbourn Talks Bahamian Law, the Privy Council and Foreign Investment
March 18, 2011 | 12:14 pm | 0 Comment
By Alexander Britell Richard Lightbourn is a partner at McKinney, Bancroft and Hughes, the landmark Nassau law firm. Current Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham was a law clerk at the firm, and his predecessor, Perry Christie, committed his pupilage at the firm. Lightbourn graduated from the London School of Economics and the University of London, and was admitted to more...
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Former Jamaica PM Patterson to Give Norman Manley Lecture
March 14, 2011 | 11:18 am | 0 Comment
Norman Manley and P.J. Patterson By the Caribbean Journal Staff Former Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson, Q.C., O.N., will give the Norman Manley Lecture Thursday at the Norman Manley Law School, according to Stephen Vasciannie, dean of the law school. He will be joined by Ainsley Henriques in reflecting on the life of Manley, who served from 1955-1962. He was more...
U.S. Government Responds to Banton’s Motion for Acquittal
March 12, 2011 | 11:07 am | 0 Comment
By the Caribbean Journal Staff Following reggae singer Buju Banton's recent motion for a judgment of acquittal and for a new trial, the U.S. attorneys prosecuting the case have responded, arguing that Banton has presented "no reason why [the] court's earlier rulings….should be disturbed." For Assistant U.S. Attorney James Preston, Jr., the question was "whether more...
U.S. Prosecutors: No Bond for Buju
March 6, 2011 | 8:47 pm | 0 Comment
Buju Banton a.k.a. Mark Myrie The U.S. Government filed its response to Buju Banton's motion for bond following his conviction last week in his high-profile narcotics trial. Assistant United States Attorney James Preston, Jr. argued that Banton, whose real name is Mark Myrie, was not entitled to the order Banton sought releasing him from custodial confinement during more...
Buju Banton’s Motion for New Trial: Attorney Argues a Lack of Substantial Evidence of Conspiracy
March 1, 2011 | 10:39 pm | 0 Comment
Caribbean Journal has obtained the motion by Mark Myrie aka Buju Banton filed by attorney David Markus. According to the 18-page motion (attached below), Banton moves for acquittal on several grounds, including Count 3, in cwhich he claims that there was insufficient evidence to establish that a firearm was used during the transaction, , or that Banton could foresee a more...
New Legal Review to Focus on Caribbean
March 1, 2011 | 5:57 pm | 0 Comment
By the Caribbean Journal Staff A new legal journal, the Caribbean Law Yearbook, will debut in the late spring of this year at the University of Miami School of Law. Along with the journal, which is the first of its kind in the United States, the school added a second course, Caribbean Law II with the aim of having students produce articles for the journal. In November, more...
A.R. Carnegie, 74, Caribbean Legal Legend
February 28, 2011 | 12:45 pm | 0 Comment
A Caribbean Journal Editorial He was never a judge, never a Queen’s Counsel. His robes were never silk. But A. Ralph Carnegie was a Caribbean John Marshall if there ever was one. Ralph Carnegie, A.R. in scholarly texts, passed away last month at the age of 74, living a life in the law that has been matched by few in the Commonwealth. It was he, a longtime more...
