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AJ Nicholson Op-Ed

JAMAICA | A.J. Nicholson questions the loud silence of the Bar Association on issue of Appeals to the Privy Council

KINGSTON,  Jamaica, December 11, 2022 - Resulting from observations that I made in a recent article in this publication as well as the Sunday Gleaner concerning the silence surrounding the hurdles in the way of unhindered access to Jamaica's final court of appeal, a colleague attorney made a direct enquiry of me in the following terms: "I fail to see what else the Bar Association can do since it is widely known that they have long ago urged the authorities to accede to the appellate jurisdiction of the acknowledged 'well established, financed' CCJ".

AJ Nicholson Op-Ed
JAMAICA | A.J. Nicholson questions the loud silence of the Bar Association on issue of Appeals to the Privy Council
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