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Family mediators were asked to bid for Government work to help resolve disputes over parental access to children.
An invitation to tender was published to cover the “legally mandated function”.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Social Development and...
DATE: Oct 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A homeless man will be sentenced next month for the theft of more than $365 worth of food from a supermarket and a break-in at a restaurant.
Kim Knight, 37, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court yesterday to two counts of burglary and one count of a b...
DATE: Oct 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A man was remanded in custody yesterday after he admitted the theft of more than $3,000 worth of cigarettes and other goods from a takeaway restaurant.
Magistrates’ Court heard that Gilles Cailliere, the part owner of Wok Express, got a call from his...
DATE: Oct 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A senior accused of causing the death of a motorcycle rider while drink-driving has had his name cleared in the Supreme Court.
Charles Johnson, 65, of St George’s, had the charge against him dismissed in a brief appearance on Friday before Puisne Jud...
DATE: Oct 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Three men charged in connection with two separate murders appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Shae-Unni Smith and Ricardo Tucker Jr, both 18, were charged with the murder of Duane Gibbons.
Mr Gibbons, 57, was found unconscious with a stab wound...
DATE: Oct 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A gym that went out of business owed a former staff member more than $15,000 in redundancy payments, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Cassandra Simmons had argued in an Employment Tribunal last year that the Athletic Club had made her redundant in Novemb...
DATE: Sep 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Public Service Commission rejected the recommended candidate for the Director of Parks post after staff threatened to walk off the job, the Supreme Court heard.
Terry Lynn Thompson launched legal action against the PSC after she was passed over f...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A taxi driver who has not held a driving licence for more than a decade admitted driving while disqualified and without a licence yesterday.
Magistrates’ Court heard that George Green, 59, was stopped by police as he drove a taxi on Front Street at a...
DATE: Sep 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A psychiatric nurse has been deployed to Magistrates’ Court and Hamilton Police Station to help people with mental health problems.
Geraldine Smith, a retired nurse, has been signed up for the role in a pilot programme organised by the Mid-Atlantic W...
DATE: Sep 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A limousine driver banned from the road for dangerous driving after he was involved in a crash has had his conviction upheld by the Supreme Court.
Pillion Webb argued that the evidence against him should not have been relied upon, but Puisne Judge Sh...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes