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Seven women have been appointed as judges of the Supreme Court. They include Senior Parish judge, Her Honour Miss Judith Pusey, who has been appointed to act as a Puisne judge. <\/p>\n
In his remarks, the Honourable Steadman Fuller Custos of Kingston and Deputy Governor-General, who presided over the ceremony at King\u2019s House on behalf of Sir Patrick Allen, said the judiciary has been the cornerstone of Jamaica\u2019s democratic processes and the system by which rights are secured under the Constitution. He added that the transparency in selecting new judges, is one way of securing that legacy.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Jamaica the judiciary has been the bedrock of our democratic processes and continues to be secured by a cadre of individuals, whose dedication to preserving the rule of law, is foundational to its credibility,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In commending the judges on their appointment, the Deputy Governor-General said it was an affirmation of their skills and competencies and the quality service given, leading up to their appointment.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a position (judge) of high esteem which requires your continued dedication to service above self, and the preservation of the integrity for which our judicial system has become known,\u201d he stated. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in her charge to the judges, Chief Justice Mrs. Zaila McCalla said that the judges all had a proven track record for high standards of performance. \u201cBe astute in your deliberations and decision-making and guard your judgement judiciously. But remember that you are accountable to the public you serve,\u201d the Chief Justice remarked.<\/p>\n
Noting that she will be demitting office at the end of January, the Chief Justice said that she is satisfied that she is leaving behind a strong judiciary, even though it is not resourced as she would have liked. <\/p>\n
The judges who will take up their new assignment as of January 8 are Her Honour Miss Carolyn Tie, Her Honour Mrs Stephane Jackson Haisley and Her Honour Mrs. Sonya Wint Blair who have been confirmed in the post of Puisne Judge. Her Honour Miss Judith Pusey will be joined as acting Puisne Judge by Her Honour Mrs. Simone Wolf Reece and Her Honour Miss Anne-Marie Nembhard. Her Honour Mrs Natalie Hart Hines was also appointed to act a Master-in-Chambers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Custos Rotulorum for the parish of Kingston and Deputy Governor-General the Honourable Steadman Fuller (center) is joined by Hon. Mrs. Justice Zaila McCalla \u2013 Chief Justice (4th right), the Hon Mr. Justice Denis Morrison – President of the Court of Appeal (5th left) and the judges sworn in to serve in the Supreme Court and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social","category-75","description-off"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingshouse.gov.jm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingshouse.gov.jm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingshouse.gov.jm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingshouse.gov.jm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingshouse.gov.jm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingshouse.gov.jm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8721,"href":"https:\/\/kingshouse.gov.jm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3399\/revisions\/8721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingshouse.gov.jm\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingshouse.gov.jm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingshouse.gov.jm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingshouse.gov.jm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}