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Jamaican Court Locations

This page of the Jamaican Ministry of Justice website provides information on the court system of Jamaica. There are contact details given for all Jamaican courts as well as links to the websites of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. Full text (PDF) copies of the Civil Procedure Rules and the Court of Appeal Rules are also provided on the site.

Attorney General’s Chambers of Montserrat

Official website of the Attorney General of Montserrat who is the Government’s chief legal adviser. The site provides access to all laws in force in Montserrat including acts, statutory instruments and statutory rules and orders. The Acts section has full text (PDF) legislation contained in the 2008 Revised Edition of the Laws of Montserrat along with amendments and new acts passed since 2008. The Omitted Laws section contains all laws excluded from the last revised edition of laws.

Constitution of Montserrat

Full text (PDF) copy of the 2010 Montserrat Constitution made freely available online by the Montserrat Constitution and Commissions’ Secretariat. Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. The Constitution contains sections dealing with the fundamental rights and freedoms, the Executive, the judiciary and the role of the Governor.

Eastern Caribbean Securities Regulatory Commission

The Eastern Caribbean Securities Regulatory Commission (ECSRC) is the regulatory body for the Eastern Caribbean Securities Market. It regulates securities dealing in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, and St Vincent and The Grenadines. The ECSRC website provides the organisation’s laws and regulations, including the Eastern Caribbean Securities Act 2001.

Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States

The Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States(OECS) is an intergovernmental body founded in 1981 which seeks to promote cooperation amongst the nations of the Eastern Caribbean. Its members include Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands and St Vincent and the Grenadines. The site provides general information on the purpose of the body, its current activities and basic information about the member states. Details of projects and programmes are given along with documents, treaties and agreements.

Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) is a superior court of record for nine member states of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), including Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands and Montserrat. It has two divisions, the Court of Appeal and the High Court of Justice. Its website provides  judgments from 1972 onwards, together with information about the history, structure and judicial officers of the Court, details of court sittings, and monthly newsletters.

Government of Grenada

Official website of the government of Grenada. The site provides news items detailing the recent activities of the Grenadian government and links to government ministries and departments that have websites. These currently include the Prime Minister's office and the ministries of Agriculture, Finance and Tourism.

Constitution of Grenada

Electronic version of the Grenada Constitution of 1973 made freely available on the Political Database of the Americas at Georgetown University in the United States. The Constitution is provided in full-text and has sections covering fundamental rights and freedoms, the role of the Governor-General, parliament and the executive. There are also chapters dealing with finance, public services, citizenship and the judiciary.

Karel's Legal Blog

Karel's Legal Blog focuses on legal developments in the Dutch Caribbean (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, St. Maarten, St. Eustatius and Saba). The blog was launched in July 2005 by Dutch lawyer Karel Frielink. The main emphasis is on banking, financial and company law. Some posts are in Dutch and some are in English.
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