A private pool outside your suite in the Riviera Maya. A swim-up room in Punta Cana. A familiar resort in Jamaica entering a new adults-only chapter. Another longtime Mexican Caribbean property getting a new name, redesigned rooms, and a reimagined premium section. Those are some of the changes coming across Ocean Signature Resorts as the […]
Above: the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in St Kitts By the Caribbean Journal staff The new Evidence Act that was passed by the St Kitts and Nevis National Assembly in September is now in effect. The act replaced a 135-year-old Evidence Act that originated in the United Kingdom, like most pre-independence legislation in the country. […]
Jamaican Governor General Sir Patrick Allen swore in five new judges to serve in the country’s Supreme Court in a ceremony yesterday at Kingston’s King’s House. The five judges are Frank Williams, Carol Edwards, Kirk Anderson, who have been appointed Puisne Judges, or associate judges, of the Supreme Court, along with Puisne Judge Sharon Ayton […]
From left) Court of Appeal President Sir John Chadwick, Registrar Audrey Bodden, Justice Ian Forte, OJ, CD, Justice Dr. Abdullah Conteh, QC and Chief Justice Anthony Smellie, QC (Cayman GIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Cayman lawyers bid farewell last week to Justice Ian Xavier Forte, who retired from the Cayman Islands Appeal Court. […]
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 […]
