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Brady to know fate January
Paul Henry
Thursday, December 27, 2012
NOTED attorney Harold Brady, who was convicted for refusing to testify in the Dudus/Manatt Commission of Enquiry, will know on January 18, 2013 whether his conviction will be allowed to stand.
The Court of Appeal was scheduled to hand down a decision in the case last week, but postponed its ruling until the January date. Previous to that, the court, in September, reserved its ruling following arguments from attorneys representing Brady and those for the Crown.
Brady was convicted last year in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court for breaching the Commissions of Enquiry Act and fined $500 or 10 days' imprisonment.
In September, Brady's lead attorney Georgia Gibson-Henlin argued before the Court of Appeal that the magistrate erred in finding her client guilty. The RM, she said, had no jurisdiction to place an evidential burden on Brady to prove he had good cause when he refused to testify at the commission.
Brady was instrumental in the hiring of United States firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips on behalf of the Jamaica Labour Party which intended to lobby the US Government in relation to the 2010 extradition request for Christopher 'Dudus' Coke's extradition.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz2GFTI1zJ9
Paul Henry
Thursday, December 27, 2012
NOTED attorney Harold Brady, who was convicted for refusing to testify in the Dudus/Manatt Commission of Enquiry, will know on January 18, 2013 whether his conviction will be allowed to stand.
The Court of Appeal was scheduled to hand down a decision in the case last week, but postponed its ruling until the January date. Previous to that, the court, in September, reserved its ruling following arguments from attorneys representing Brady and those for the Crown.
Brady was convicted last year in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court for breaching the Commissions of Enquiry Act and fined $500 or 10 days' imprisonment.
In September, Brady's lead attorney Georgia Gibson-Henlin argued before the Court of Appeal that the magistrate erred in finding her client guilty. The RM, she said, had no jurisdiction to place an evidential burden on Brady to prove he had good cause when he refused to testify at the commission.
Brady was instrumental in the hiring of United States firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips on behalf of the Jamaica Labour Party which intended to lobby the US Government in relation to the 2010 extradition request for Christopher 'Dudus' Coke's extradition.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz2GFTI1zJ9
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