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CCJ is back on the agenda if PNP wins election – Golding
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July 27, 2025
The issue that has stalled the constitutional reform process, making the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Jamaica’s final appellate court, will be a p...
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CCJ dismisses appeal by Guyanese businessman, awards costs for non-payment of debt
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has dismissed an appeal by Guyanese businessman Harda Singh regard...
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CCJ names Nigerian as new judge to replace Barbadian jurist
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CCJ names Nigerian as new judge to replace Barbadian jurist
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) —The Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission (RJLSC), has appointed Dr Chile Eboe-Osuji of Nigeria and Canada as...
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) – The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has dismissed an application for special leave to appeal against a judgment of m...
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MONTEGO BAY, St James — In a continued call for Jamaica to embrace the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as its final court of appeal, Chief Justice Br...
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Jamaican born jurist serves as acting president of CCJ
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Jamaican born jurist serves as acting president of CCJ
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June 9, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former Prime Minister PJ Patterson has asserted that the framers of Jamaica’s constitution never intended for the British Privy Co...
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