We need our grandparents land from the Crown
QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz I am really hoping you can help me (or point me in the right direction to get some help) and my family with our enquiry regarding claiming back land from the crown. You see both great grandparents had large amount of land which we believe has gone back to the crown under […]
12 Questions for an Expat in Jamaica – Spaniard Marta Lamolla
We are continuing our Expatriates living in Jamaica series with a conversation with Spaniard, Marta Lamolla who moved there 9 years ago. Marta tells us about her experience living in Jamaica, including advice to other expats who may consider moving to the island. What is the funniest thing that happened to Marta while living in […]
10 Questions with Sharifa Grant, Social Media Specialist, for the Sunday Dinner Project
Do you remember Sunday dinners in Jamaica with your family? This week we have a conversation with Sharifa Grant, Social Media Specialist for The Sunday Dinner Project. The project aims to strengthen Caribbean families and communities across the globe through food starting with a “Sunday Dinner” where families can sit down together and reconnect. Here […]
Conversation with Jessica Phoenix, the organizer of the 2014 Fiyah Dance Weekend New York Fundraiser
This week we have a conversation with Jessica Phoenix the organizer of the 2014 Fiyah Dance Weekend New York fundraiser for veteran Jamaican dancehall dancer, Mundo. He is in need of a kidney transplant. Jessica recently returning from another trip to Jamaica, where she continues to meet Jamaican dancers, choreographers and prominent figures in the […]
Immigration Legal Clinic – Questions and Answers
The Byars Firm is pleased to announce that we have created our Immigration Legal Clinic. Our Immigration Legal Clinic was created to help indigent individuals who are in need of immigration services. In our practice we meet a large number of individuals each week who need to apply for their permanent residence i.e., “green card”, […]
Reno in Action: How one Couple from Kingston Did It – Jamaica Real Estate Advice & Tips
In a previous article, I wrote about a dilapidated 12 unit studio apartment building I sold to a couple last year. The new owners tastefully renovated the interior and exterior, professionally landscaped the half acre grounds and put the units on the rental market. The story of how this full-time working-couple successfully purchased and literally […]
Can my mom take my name off the title left by my dad?
QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, My father died, recently, while I am living in the United Kingdom. My mother and my sisters say they are going ahead to keep my name off the new title, for the property left by my father. They are doing this because I didnt go to my father’s funeral. I really […]
Jamaican lawyer got 200,000, no action, no probate and occupants are selling our land
QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, We have property in the hills of St Andrew Jamaica WI. We have a will dated as of 1898-99, The will had been certified as true copy and seems as if all Administration and probate had been carried out but everyone seems to had died including our Mother who seems to be […]
Are you old enough to remember Hurricane Gilbert? – On this day in Jamaican History
On September 12, 1988, Hurricane Gilbert hit Jamaica as a Category 3 storm. About 45 people died. At the time, Gilbert was the most severe hurricane to hit Jamaica since Hurricane Charlie in 1951. The storm caused $4 billion (1988 USD) in damage. Gilbert remained the strongest Atlantic storm in recorded history until 2005 when […]
Jamaican Entrepreneurship: A review of the characteristics, traits and ideas underlying the success of some of the island’s most successful entrepreneurs. – Book Review
About the Book What makes an entrepreneur? Who are some of Jamaica’s most successful entrepreneurs? What did they accomplish and how did they do it? What traits did they have in common? What obstacles did they overcome? What can we learn from these entrepreneurs? This book sheds light on entrepreneurship in a small, less developed, […]