Public Forum and Panel Discussion:
Jamaicans for Justice is hosting a public forum and panel discussion on the Government’s proposed Whistleblower legislation.
Where: Dome Room, Montego Bay Civic Centre, Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay
When : Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.
For more information contact Jamaicans for Justice at 940-7449.
Download the Green Paper on the Whistleblower Legislation here.
- Discounted registration has been extended to September 10, 2008. For registration details click here.
-Business Programme Update:
Key note speaker: The Right Hon. Lord Hoffmann
Guest Speakers:
-The Honourable Orette Bruce Golding, MP Prime Minister of Jamaica
-The Hon. David Thompson, Prime Minister of Barbados
For an updated programme for the Commonwealth Lawyers Association 25th Anniversary Conference click here.
Subscription fees for Cornwall Bar Association Membership for the year 2008-2009 are now due.
Unfortunately we do not have the resources at this time to send out individual reminder letters.
If you have not already done so, we ask that you please let us have your cheque in the sum of $3,000 as soon as possible so that we can continue to serve you effectively.Your cheques should be made payable to The Cornwall Bar Association and sent to The Law Library, R.M. Court, Montego Bay.
Of Interest :
- Trinidad to amend legislation to deal with the Death Penalty following Privy Council Ruling that persons convicted and sentenced to death before June 2005 should have their sentences commuted to life imprisonment. Read the story here.
- Hugh Anthony Rawlins, a national of St Kitts and Nevis, was on Wednesday August 13, 2008 confirmed as the Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. For details click here.