Farquharson Institute Of Public Affairs Ltd v AG & DPP

IN THE SUP&EME COURT OF JUDICA'i-URE OF JAMAICA
IN THE FULL COURT
CLAIM NO. HCV 0543 OF 2003
C. C.
CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE WOLFE, CHIEF JUSTICE
THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE MARSH
THE HONOURABLE MISS JUSTICE SMITH
BETWEEN FARQUHARSON INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
LIMITED CLAIMANT
AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF JAMAICA 1 ST RESPONDENT
AND THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS 2ND RESPONDENT
Frank Phipps Q.C., Richard Small, Walter Scott, Christopher Townsend and
Mrs. Sharon Usim for the claimant
Mrs. Susan Reid Jones and Miss Catherine Denbow for the 1'' Respondent
Kent Pantry, Q.C. and Miss Tara Reid for the 2"d Respondent
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HEARD: September 24,25 and December 19,2003
WOLFE, C.J.
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On the 2sth day of September 2003 we dismissed the claim and
promised to put our reasons for so doing in writing. That promise is now
being fulfilled.
Jamaica Land We Love, for sometime now has literally become
imnlobilized by the activities of criminal elements in the society. The level
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