{"id":195647,"date":"2024-02-17T15:55:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T19:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=195647"},"modified":"2024-02-18T09:49:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T13:49:50","slug":"attorney-voices-concerns-over-st-johns-magistrates-court-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/attorney-voices-concerns-over-st-johns-magistrates-court-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney Voices Concerns Over St. John\u2019s Magistrates Court Conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Source: Real News Antigua-<\/strong> The present condition of the St. John\u2019s Magistrates Court at the Knuckle Block location is causing concern to members of the legal fraternity, especially attorneys who work there on a daily basis.<\/p>

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One of these, Leon Chaku Symister, is chastising the Gaston Browne Administration \u2013 in particular, the Ministry of Works \u2013 over its disregard for the maintenance and general upkeep of government buildings and work spaces.<\/p>\n

Symister reports that, currently, only two courtrooms are functional, and must be shared among the three magistrates stationed there.<\/p>

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As is the case with other government premises, the buildings have become overrun with mold, which reportedly developed because of a leaking roof. This, Symister says, has impacted the Traffic Court, especially.<\/p>

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According to Symister, many litigants, witnesses, and defendants are being inconvenienced by having to wait long hours \u2013 particularly those showing up for civil cases \u2013 before their matters are heard.<\/p>\n

Apparently, the Criminal and Traffic Courts function first; and when all their cases for the day are dispensed with, then the Civil Court is convened.<\/p>

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Symister says that, at the end of the day, it is the people of the Grays\/Green community who will suffer.<\/p>\n

He laments that they have been deprived of the proper use of their community centre \u2013 which has become rundown without them ever having the benefit of it.<\/p>

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Quite a number of government work spaces are in a deplorable condition, having been infested with mold or by rodents, including the country\u2019s lone public hospital.<\/p>

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