10 Things You Should Not Do When You Get Into A Car Accident In Jamaica
A car accident can be one of the worst experiences to have to endure, and if you’re in Jamaica, things might get a bit more complicated. Here are a few things you should never do if you get into a car accident on the island. Don’t stop in certain areas. Stopping after a car accident […]
Melissa Rowe, PCC: Everyday People – Highlighting Jamaicans who are doing extraordinary things in the world.
From the Hills to The Mother Land and Back: A Jamaican-Canadian Woman’s Story of Overcoming and Achieving. Melissa Rowe, PCC, MSW was born in Beeston Spring, Westmoreland in 1945. At the time of her birth, she became number seven of what would eventually be fourteen siblings in her family. As the middle child of an […]
10 Questions with Marlon Hill, Partner on delancyhill joining Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel, L.L.P
Marlon Hill and Michelle Delancy, who were the main principals of the law firm delancyhill, are now partners at Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel. This week we speak to Marlon Hill about the recent merger and the benefits to the Caribbean Diaspora. 1. Is Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel, LLP (HM&B) now the largest law firm owned […]
Please clarify how to date my notice to the tenant in Jamaica
QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, I served a notice on a tenant that my wife brought into my property. The court said it was bad and wrote another one by filling in the little forms that you buy in the bookstore. When I went to take out the summons, another court staff worker told me the […]
Will the Jamaica court throw the old man in jail for outstanding rent paid on his behalf?
QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, Before we left Jamaica, we arranged for an entity who takes care of poor people to pay an aged man’s rent. They were late three times. On the fourth time they were late, the landlord took the aged man to court and won the case. Actually I am told that the […]
Jamaica Year in Review – Top Stories of 2014
The year 2014 brought changes and progress, as well as some sadness and setbacks, to Jamaica and the Caribbean. Governments enacted laws and struggled with a variety of economic and social issues as they attempted to reflect the people’s will. Individuals in the Jamaican and Caribbean Diaspora made significant contributions over the year, both to […]
I need to check if the agent filed my papers at Resident Magistrate Court
QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, In late Summer I visited the Resident Magistrate court downtown, in Jamaica, and I met a young man as I was going in who offered to put my papers in for me. I gave him $15,000 to write a notice, do some paperwork and serve it. I am back in England […]
The NEW Immigration Reform Explained
On November 20, 2014, the President announced a series of executive actions to reduce illegal immigration at the border, prioritize deporting felons not families, and require certain undocumented immigrants to pass a criminal background check and pay taxes in order to temporarily stay in the U.S. without fear of deportation. The President specifically expanded the […]
The other owner of my property is trying to take over my Jamaica property? HELP!
QUESTION: Dear Legal wiz, I heard recently that a woman is trying to take over my house. I heard it all from the person who she actually rented the property to. Note I did not give this woman permission to rent my house in the first place. We happen to be owners as tenants in […]
My nephew rented my house, and now cant get rent nor the house back
QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, I left my nephew to take care of my house. He was not working so he got my house free to stay. He called me to tell me that he is trying to get a tenant he put there out. He said the court is not helping. What can I do […]