Jamaica

Supreme Court of Jamaica

The official website of the Supreme Court of Jamaica provides court listings, a judgments database (mainly cases from 1997 onwards), forms, court rules, practice directions, the Judicature (Supreme Court) Act and the Jamaica Sentencing Guidelines. It also has statistics, news and other information.

Guide to Caribbean Law Research

Online guide to researching Caribbean law written by Yemisi Dina who is Head of Public Services at the Osgoode Hall Law Library, York University, Ontario in Canada. The guide is published on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The author covers all the dependent and independent Caribbean states describing their legal and court systems, sources of legislation and law reports.

Caribbean Law Project

The Caribbean Law Project provides access to the legal materials of Caribbean countries via CommonLII, the Commonwealth Legal Information Institute website. The collection includes databases of cases and legislation from: Anguilla; Antigua & Barbuda; the Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Dominica; Grenada; Guyana; Jamaica; St Kitts & Nevis; St Lucia; St Vincent & the Grenadines; Trinidad & Tobago. It is also possible to search external legal websites listed on the catalogue pages of each of the Caribbean jurisdictions.

Jamaican Bar Association

The Jamaican Bar Association (JBA) is a voluntary body representing Jamaican attorneys-at-law. Its website includes information about the JBA and its sub-committees, news and events information. The Resources section provides seminar papers, practice directions, newsletters and other material.
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