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CCJ Decision Myrie vs Barbados

The Shanique Myrie judgment is legally significant in two important respects: 1. it addresses the nature and scope of the right of free movement within CARICOM, and 2. it clarifies other significant doctrinal and practical aspects of Community Law of particular importance to lawyers and scholars. In regard to the latter (2), the judgment clarifies, […]

The Jamaican Bar Association v The Attorney-General and the General Legal Council

The case The Jamaican Bar Association v The Attorney General and the General Legal Council [2017] JMFC Full 02, is a judgment of the Full court arising from a challenge made by the Jamaican Bar Association in respect of the constitutionality of aspects of the Proceeds of Crime Regime as extended to attorneys-at-law carrying out […]

The horizontal application of constitutional rights

This case is currently on appeal. The appeal was heard and we await the ruling of the Court of Appeal. It is the first case in Jamaica addressing the horizontal application of constitutional rights.

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