Ziplaw Legal News http://www.ziplaw.com/news/ en Copyright 2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:42:51 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Cop who fabricated evidence against murder accused flees island A Police sergeant who has been implicated in perverting the course of justice and uttering forged documents has fled the island leaving Commissioner of police Owen Ellington, wringing his hands....

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Author: Jamaica Observer
Source: Jamaica Observer

]]> http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008335.htm http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008335.htm Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:42:51 -0500 Minors on extortion rap in Manchester MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Five young boys charged with extortion appeared in front of Resident Magistrate Oswald Burcheson with their parents and attorneys, when the case was mentioned in the Family Court Division of the Mandeville Resident Magistrates court yesterday....

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Author: Alicia Sutherland
Source: Jamaica Observer

]]> http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008334.htm http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008334.htm Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:36:38 -0500 JFJ 'elated' after cop charged with manslaughter for 2007 killing RIGHTS group Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) has hailed the Coroner's Inquest verdict that a special constable be charged with manslaughter for the shooting death of Trevor Anderson along Hagley Park Road, in 2007....

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Author: Observe Reporter
Source: Jamaica Observer

]]> http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008333.htm http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008333.htm Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:31:43 -0500 Digicel suit against FTC set for February 28 THE suit filed by telecoms giant Digicel challenging the legal standing of the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) to oppose its merger with telecoms provider Claro will be heard in the Supreme Court on February 28....

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Author: Paul Henry
Source: Jamaica Observer

]]> http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008332.htm http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008332.htm Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:25:25 -0500 Employment agency operators on fraud charge to return to court MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Giadrius Mazurka, a man of Scandinavian origin on fraud charges, and his co-accused Juliet Campbell had their bail extended when they appeared in the Mandeville Resident Magistrate's court on Wednesday...

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Author: Alicia Sutherland
Source: Jamaica Observer

]]> http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008331.htm http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008331.htm Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:18:17 -0500 Elephant Man gets bail DANCEHALL artiste Elephant Man was on Wednesday offered bail in the sum of $400,000 when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on sex charges....

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Author: Observer Reporter
Source: Jamaica Observer

]]> http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008330.htm http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008330.htm Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:13:40 -0500 PM to be charged with contempt of court Pakistan's Supreme Court vowed yesterday to charge the prime minister with contempt for his failure to reopen an old corruption case against the president, ramping up a destabilising political crisis just as Washington seeks to rebuild a troubled anti-terror alliance with the country.

If convicted, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani could face six months in prison and the loss of his job.

Gilani told parliament yesterday that he will honour a summons to appear before the court on February 13, when he is scheduled to be charged.

The announcement was a major escalation in a case that has dogged the democratically elected government since 2009, when the Supreme Court ordered it write to Swiss authorities requesting they reopen a corruption case against President Asif Ali Zardari that dates to the late 1990s.

The government has refused, claiming the president enjoys immunity from prosecution while in office....

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Author: Gleaner Reporter
Source: Jamaica Gleaner

]]> http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008329.htm http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008329.htm Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:06:27 -0500 Standford trial highlights Ex-worker says Stanford lavishly spent on projects

A former employee of Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford testified Tuesday that the financier lavishly spent tens of millions of dollars to develop property and businesses on the Caribbean island nation of Antigua, at one time replacing the hardwood floors at his bank because they weren't the right colour.

February 1:

Accountant details Stanford investment spending...

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Author: Gleaner Reporter
Source: Jamaica Gleaner

]]> http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008328.htm http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008328.htm Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:55:29 -0500 Danville to face court for obstructing contractor general DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn has ruled that former Commissioner of Customs Danville Walker must be charged with failure to comply within the prescribed time, with regard to a request from the Office of the Contractor General (OCG).

The ruling was made on January 26 and sent to the commissioner of police.

A date has not yet been set for Walker to appear before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court to answer the charges.

If found guilty, Walker could be slapped with a $5,000 fine.

It is reported that Walker did comply days after the deadline set by the OCG.

Walker is also to face a second charge for obstructing the OCG in its probe into the Jamaica Customs Department's alleged illegal export of scrap metal in contravention of a standing Cabinet/ministerial order without first securing the requisite government licences or authorisations.

impeded investigation

Contractor General Greg Christie had complained that Walker's failure to cooperate with the OCG's probe, and to comply with its lawful requisition, had seriously obstructed and impeded the progress of his investigation which commenced on November 4, 2011....

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Author: Barbara Gayle and Edmond Campbell
Source: Jamaica Gleaner

]]> http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008327.htm http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008327.htm Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:36:30 -0500 March 21 prelim hearing for cop murder accused COURTNEY Linton, the police constable who allegedly shot and killed a colleague during a dance on Christmas Day is scheduled to return to the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on March 21 for a preliminary hearing....

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Author: Tanesha Mundle
Source: Jamaica Observer

]]> http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008326.htm http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008326.htm Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:45:29 -0500 Man accused of bribing police charged A 26-year-old security guard of Llandilo, Savanna-la-Mar in Westmoreland was Saturday arrested and charged with breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act on Saturday....

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Author: Observer Reporter
Source: Jamaica Observer

]]> http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008325.htm http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008325.htm Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:39:54 -0500 Four men sentenced for murder A South African court has sentenced four men to 18 years for a murder rights activists say was carried out because the victim was a lesbian.

The men were sentenced Tuesday for the 2006 stabbing and stoning attack on Zoliswa Nkonyana. Activists say such violence is increasing, highlighting the gap between society's sometimes narrow view of sexual identity and the role of women on one side, and South Africa's liberal constitution, which has some of the strongest provisions on gay rights on the continent.

In a statement, the Commission for Gender Equality says the Cape Town court's ruling is a lesson to perpetrators of homophobic violence.

Author: Gleaner Reporter
Source: Jamaica Gleaner

]]> http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008324.htm http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008324.htm Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:27:12 -0500 Trial dates set in ATL Pension Fund fraud case The case involving three former executives who are charged with conspiracy to defraud the Appliance Traders Limited (ATL) Group Pension Fund and Gorstew Ltd has been set for trial from March 24 to 26 in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court.

It is alleged that millions of dollars were paid out from the pension fund without the consent of Gorstew Ltd.

The accused are Patrick Lynch, former chairman of the ATL Pension Fund; Dr Jeffrey Pyne, former managing director of Gorstew Ltd, and Catherine Barber, former general manager of the ATL Pension Fund.

Hotelier Gordon 'Butch' Stewart is the chairman of ATL and a shareholder of Gorstew Ltd.

Alleged unapproved transactions

It is being alleged that the three, while employed to the companies, conspired to have monies distributed from the surplus in the pension fund to workers and, in so doing, they allegedly benefited from the distribution. It is further alleged that the distribution was done without the approval of Gorstew Ltd, which is the holding company for the Stewart-owned Jamaica Observer, ATL and the Sandals Group....

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Author: Gleaner Reporter
Source: Jamaica Gleaner

]]> http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008323.htm http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008323.htm Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:00:09 -0500 Five juveniles charged with extortion FIVE juveniles from Manchester and Clarendon were last week charged for Breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act. The charges laid upon them were Extortion and Conspiracy to extort....

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Author: Observer Reporter
Source: Jamaica Observer

]]> http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008322.htm http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008322.htm Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:18:57 -0500 Elephant Man to face court today POPULAR dancehall entertainer Elephant Man is expected to appear in the Half-Way-Tree Resident Magistrate's Court today to answer charges of grievous sexual assault and rape....

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Author: Observer Reporter
Source: Jamaica Observer

]]> http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008321.htm http://www.ziplaw.com/news/archives/008321.htm Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:10:34 -0500