Why not J'can Appellate Court?
published: Monday | May 12, 2003
THE EDITOR, Sir:
AS A lay person I appreciate and agree fully with the cessation of the United Kingdom's Privy Council as our final Court of Appeal. For reasons of sovereignty, yes, for improved quality of justice of cost, no!
Why cannot Jamaica establish it's own final Court of Appeal? Surely the debate should be between having a Jamaican Court of Justice and a Caribbean Court of Justice of unknown cost and quality. To repatriate and re-export without added value is surely foolhardy.
The people ought to be fully informed and allowed to vote on so fundamental a change.
