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Chuck Urges Mediation to Settle Cases

KINGSTON — Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is urging attorneys to assist their clients to settle matters out of court through mediation and arbitration.

Way Out project for gender equality

"MORE than 19,000 people from across the island are set to directly benefit in the coming months from a gender equality and women’s empowerment project that was launched by ...

Changing Lives Through Mediation

""People get satisfaction from being able to help chart the course in their own local area. They feel empowered because their skills are improved and being involved suggests to the public that they are respected, positive contributors. I am ener...

Inner City Communities To Benefit From Services Of Dispute Resolution Foundation

"The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the Dispute Resolution Foundation yesterday (October 27), signed a $12.9 million contract, for the Foundation to provide mediation, conflict resolution and conflict management services in 12 inner city c...

Pickersgill Supports Mediation As Automatic Part Of Civil Court Proceedings

"Transport Minister Robert Pickersgill on Wednesday commended the Jamaica Bar Association for the passage of a resolution calling for the use of mediation as an automatic part of civil court proceedings, and advocated its speedy implementation."

Herro Blair To Coordinate Mediation Initiative

"Bishop Herro Blair is to co-ordinate a new initiative to encourage mediation at the community level, thus helping to reduce conflict and violence, Security Minister Peter Phillips has announced."

Jamaica's Justice System Under Severe Stress

"Mr. Golding noted that Restorative Justice sees crime as an act not so much against the state but against the individual and the community. The victim becomes the centre of the process; and it shifts the focus of the enquiry from that of asking w...

Dispute Resolution Foundation Achieving Success In Mediating Conflicts

"Formerly the Mediation Council of Jamaica, the Foundation was set up in July 1994 to increase cooperation in the management and resolution of disputes involving business, the police, courts, social service agencies and citizens, through mediation.&q...

Restorative Justice For Reducing Crime

Sharon Palmer mediator with the Disputes Resolution Foundation has advocated restorative justice for reducing crime.