Outstanding court matters to be addressed

An initiative will be launched in Dominica to address outstanding and serious court matters.

High Court Judge Bernie Stephenson Brooks says the Dominica Bar Association will be asked to assist the court with matters which has not been heard over several years.

“We are going to have some new initiatives from the bench and the magistrates to move the outstanding criminal matters along. I don’t want to say the figure less some of you be distraught. But the figure of outstanding indictable matters on the island is astronomical and its way too much work for the magistrates that we have,” Brooks said.

She added that the court will be reaching out to members of the bar to assist in bringing down the pending indictable matters and “they are a lot” she said.

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4 Comments

  1. An open eye
    September 26, 2011

    ARE WE HEARING FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH THAT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IS IN SHAMBLES? JUSTICE DELAID WILL BECOME NO JUSTICE SOON AND THIS SYSTEM HAS FAILED THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY AND WHILST THE ASTRONOMICAL NUMBER OF INDICTABLE CASES EXIST MR. BEHANSIN CONTRACT IS NOT REKNEWED BECAUSE HE DO NOT SING THE SONG LIKE MR. DOMINICA IAN DOUGLAS

  2. Anonymous
    September 24, 2011

    FREE FRAGGA,FREE KAY KAY,FREE OWAH.

  3. yout
    September 24, 2011

    1)the heap of grandbay murders?

    2)the dual citizenship case against skewo and pepA

  4. Satelite
    September 24, 2011

    This is an indication that some of these matters may be thrown out, due to witnesses not wanting to continue, some persons may have gotten some sort of compensation, witnesses may be overseas, among other things. It’s a 50/50 chance that all will ever be heard.

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