Urban real estate in North America has gone quickly under the hammer with elite families seeking solace in the countryside and unpopulated areas. The latest trend is families and businesses seeking safety during the recent social unrest in cities opting for an exodus to the Caribbean including the idyllic and less densely populated of Turks...Read More
Having reviewed the proposed law labelled “Public Order & Criminal Justice Bill 2020” one can see why there is public outrage over this bill which is being widely regarded as the “shut ya mouth” Law.Read More
On Friday 29 May 2020 in the House of Parliament, the Premier announced a phased reopening of the TCI. Managing Partner Fulford notes the reopening remarks and have reproduced portions thereof below: PHASES 2 – 4 OF THE REOPENING OF TCI ANNOUNCED As such, Mr. Speaker, Cabinet in our last two meetings of May 20th...Read More
On May 20 2020, Premier Robinson gave an update on the phased reopening. Below is the full text of said remarks: I wish to update on a few important areas and to then allow the press to answer any questions they wish. I begin by saying that I do not wish my return to a...Read More
My fellow citizens of the Turks and Caicos Islands, I like many was awakened in the early hours of Sunday May 3 2020 to the sad news of the shameless and appalling acts of reported burglary in one of our communities on Providenciales. While this kind of news will never be acceptable the dearly departed...Read More
Managing Partner Mark Fulford welcomes the phases reopening announced by the Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands on 30th April 2020. Fulford said that businesses such as Attorneys and for his own part F Chambers should have been allowed to operate as essential workers as fairness dictated so, given that Attorney General and DPP...Read More
Testing times, call for testing measures. Having consumed & digest our government’s stimulus plan, many have come to understand that its lacking in several key areas and has fallen well short of stimulating our economy or assisting the majority of local & vulnerable Turks Islanders and their businesses. Make no mistake here, the result of...Read More
Attorney Mark Fulford opposes the suspension of jury trials and remote court trials, submitting that access to justice being delayed cannot amount to such access being denied.Read More
Lawyers tend to do well in a recession. Whether they realise a ‘cash in the bank’ economic bump will, however, depend on the capacity or willingness of those in need of their services to pay. The expected COVID-19-influenced recession could tell a different story for lawyers. The president of the Jamaican Bar Association has be...Read More
Attorney Mark Fulford addresses fellow Turks and Caicos Islanders and residents on what has changed in the way of greeting each other and on what is the center piece of every conversation – the Coronavirus.Read More
