If one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country, one does not question the policemen, the lawyers, the judges, or the protected members of the middle class. One goes to the unprotected–those, precisely, who need the law’s protection most!–and listens to their testimony. -James Baldwin The crime situation affecting Barbados is a cause for concern.
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Many of us look to Singapore as the benchmark that represents the near perfect society on earth. Some key characteristics driving the behaviour of the average Singaporean identify hard working, competitive, afraid to fail, self centred all encapsulated by the word kiasu __ a Hokkien word that captures the uniquely Singaporean trait of being afraid to lose out. What is
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Submitted by Kim A few years ago, on the cusp of the six-year limitation limit, I filed four lawsuits in the magistrate’s court against the parties in a Landlord/Tenant matter where the defendants unlawfully entered and removed items belonging to me, my daughter a deceased’s estate and a former UWI student (4). I was advised to take it to the
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Submitted by Loose Cannon The Judiciary – Loving Law: Caribbean Desires, Perversions and possibilities The Institute for Gender and Development Studies tonight hosted the 25th Dame Nita Lecture: Caribbean Women Catalysts for Change. The Judiciary and legal practitioners should have been there in full force, but alas, only those from Cave Hill were present, that I recognize. The topic: Loving
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Submitted by Loose Cannon (name withheld) NO WHERE ELSE IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD are Judges like here. I am self representing in various matters in the HIGH COURTS of Barbados and one Judge made an Order. IT IS ORDERED THAT: 1…. 2.The Claimant be advised to engage the services of an attorney-at-law.. 3…..
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The following petition was started to assist the family of the departed Stephen Archer. This matter has figured prominently in the media because it offends all sense of decency. Please add your support by signing the petition. Share this link via Whatsapp – https://barbadosunderground.net/2019/10/12/the-stephen-archer-petition-hunt-for-crooked-lawyers The blogmaster takes the opportunity to remind anybody having issues with lawyers in Barbados to log
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The PM is a lawyer, the last two PMs were lawyers, the PM was Atty General, the present AG was AG in a previous Gov’t, the most senior Gov’t Minister who acts as deputy PM in the PM’s absence is a lawyer. Did any of the these ever suggest any changes in the relationship between lawyer and client? Did they
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