Judicial

Personal injury lawyers are jeopardising timely settlements by demanding unrealistic sums, says Chief Justice Leslie Haynes. Speaking at a Barbados Bar Association workshop on Friday, he urged practitioners to keep …

It’s taking more than a decade to settle some personal injury claims in Barbados – and no single sector is shouldering the blame. President of the Barbados Bar Association (BBA) …

Barbados’ penal system is undergoing a wave of reforms and developments to make the island’s prison service more sustainable, rehabilitative, and responsive to the needs of both inmates and officers. …

Attorney General Dale Marshall has warned that lawyers will have to start paying more to fund the growing costs of regulating the legal profession. Speaking on Thursday at the opening …

Law lecturer at the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill Dr Ronnie Yearwood has suggested that the dispute over membership of the apex appellate regional tribunal is failing …

A recent regional survey conducted by CADRES (Caribbean Development Research Services) has revealed deep divisions among Barbadians regarding corporal punishment, while highlighting growing concerns over cyberbullying among children.   The …

The Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission (RJLSC), has appointed Dr Chile Eboe-Osuji of Nigeria and Canada as a judge of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). The RJLSC, …

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has upheld a ruling that luxury hotel Sandy Lane must pay $100 000 in interim damages as well as court costs to a former …

The Barbados Bar Association (BBA) has called for a “thorough” investigation into the “malicious prosecution” by police of attorney-at-law Lani Daisley, whom the High Court has awarded $373 904 in …