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Should the Caribbean Court of Justice become the final court of appeal for Jamaica?
The ongoing lobby for the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to become the final court of appeal for Jamaica has become a conflict of great interest to many Jamaicans and members of the Privy Council. The relevant authorities are yet to make their decision as to whether or not they should leave the Privy Council and make the Caribbean Court of Justice the final court of appeal. It leaves the question lingering on the table “should the Caribbean Court of Justice become the final court of appeal for Jamaica?” in response to this contradicting yet interesting topic critiques will argue ‘yes’ while critiques will argue ‘no’, but what really do you think? Are there any rooted factual reasons to support those who are in opposition of allowing the CCJ to become the final court of appeal for us? With this topic I will be putting forward factual information for both motions (for and against) leaving you to take you final stance on this interesting matter.
Why stopping us from allowing the CCJ to become the final court of appeal? 'Wanted: A new court of appeal' was how The Gleaner published an article by E.C.L. Parkinson, a barrister, expressing his dissatisfaction with the administration of justice in 1950.
Almost 60 years later, another call for a new court of appeal is being made by David Coore, QC, in The Sunday Gleaner (October 18, 2009), repeating the call he says that was first made in 1988 for a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). But in a long drawn-out dispute, in and out of court, there is no expression of dissatisfaction with the existing administration, nor is there a call for improving the conditions for the delivery of justice in Jamaica.
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