Last year, I came to the ineluctable conclusion that the taxpayer-funded Consumer Affairs Commission of Jamaica (CAC) is truly useless in...

*Image credit: inclusivv (formerly civic dinners) On July 29, 2025, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (“the ECSC”) [1]  delivered its judgment in the landmark decision of Randall Theodule & Ors v The Attorney General of Saint Lucia  [2025] ECSC J0729-1 (“the ECSC decision”), where it declared sections 132 and 133 of Saint Lucia’s Criminal Code, Cap. 3.01 of the Revised Edition of the Laws of Saint Lucia (“sections 132 and 133 of the Criminal Code”) unconstitutional. Crucial

*Image credit: World Intellectual Property Organisation In recent times, the synergistic connections between Geographical Indications (GIs) and sustainable development have become a focal point of discussions around the global developmental agenda. Indeed, this is to be expected in an era where intellectual property (IP) is increasingly becoming recognised as the “oil of the 21st century” . As such, there has been a proliferation of studies exploring (both directly and indire

*Image credit: SoundThinking. On September 29, 2025, a Guyanese newspaper reported that “starting today, all law enforcement officers...