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Attorney–at-Law pleads for more Full Court sittings

Dec 17, 2015 Letters

Dear Editor,
May I take this opportunity to congratulate and welcome Madame
Justice Cummings- Edwards on her recent appointment as Chief Justice (Actg). At the same time I wish to bid farewell to Honorable Justice Ian Chang S.C. and to thank him for doing a wonderful job during the (10) ten years he has been acting. One of his good qualities is that he was always approachable and helpful. Always taking home on a daily basis work so that he could give timely decisions.
I know for a fact that our new Chief Justice (Actg) Honorable Justice Cummings-Edwards is a very efficient and meticulous person and she is expected to do well. But I must state that being Chief Justice is not a bed of roses, its hard and consistent work ahead.
One of the first things I would like to see done is for the Full Court to be properly organized. By that I mean that there should be regular sittings. A problem right now is getting matters done urgently at the Full Court. Let me give one example of a matter that is appealed in the Magistrate’s Court say for possession. The Appeal is not a stay of Execution. An Application has to be made to the Full Court in Order for a stay to be granted. Sometimes it takes months after an application is made for the Full Court to hear the Application. Failure to act within a short time leads to the possibility of an Eviction Order being given in the Magistrate’s Court before the Appeal is heard because the Appellant did not get a chance to obtain a Stay of Execution. This kind of situation is very prevalent and leads to injustice towards Appellant’s who get thrown out of their occupation before their case is properly determined in the Full Court. I trust that the Honorable Chief Justice (Actg) will look into this matter very early.
Jonas. M.F. Coddett
Attorney-at-Law

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