ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Business in Jamaica

MYERS, FLETCHER AND GORDON
PARK PLACE
21 EAST STREET
Kingston, Jamaica
Telephone: (876) 922-5860; (876) 922 5960
Cable Address: "Myerfletch" " Kingstonja" " Manhart" Kingstonja"
Telex: 2461 MYERTEX
FACSIMILE: (876) 922-4811; (876) 922-8781
Email: mfgja@toj.com

Road Town, Tortola, and British Virgin Islands Associated Office: O’Neal, Webster O’Neal Myers, Fletcher & Gordon. Wickham’s Cay 1, P.O. Box 961. Telephone: (876) 494-5808. Fax (876) 494-5811. Email: owomfg@caribsurf.com.

London, England Associated Office: Myers, Fletcher & Gordon. 15 Cambridge Court, 210 Shepherds Bush Road, Hammersmith, W6 7NL. Telephone: (44)-171-610-4433. Fax: (44-171-610-4455. Email: mfg@mfglon.co.uk. Web Site Address: http:// www.mfg-law.com

Established in 1944

LEGAL SERVICES
General Practice, International Finance, Foreign Sales Corporations (FSC), Corporate, Commercial, Taxation, Securities, Banking, Mining, Copyright, Conveyancing, Trusts, Estates, Trademarks, Letters Patent, Litigation, Admiralty, Maritime, Aeronautical, Insurance, Labor and Industrial Relations.

MEMBERS OF FIRM
FRANK L. MYERS, M.A.
(Oxon.). (Retired). Email: mfgja@toj.com

HON. DOUGLAS V. FLETCHER, O.J., C.B.E., Privy Councilor, born 1918; admitted, 1938, Jamaica; 1962, United Kingdom (Solicitor). Government Minister without portfolio, 1959-1962. Senator, 1962-1967. Ambassador for Jamaica to U.S.A., 1972-1975. Lecturer, Norman Manley Law School 1975-. Member, Order of Jamaica. Notary Public. Council Member Jamaica Bar Association and General Legal Council. Member: Board Life of Jamaica. PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial; International Finance. Email: mfgja@toj.comm

HON. PATRICK H.O. ROUSSEAU, O.J., born 1934; admitted, 1957, Jamaica; 1962; United Kingdom (solicitor). Ambassador Special Missions, 1975-1978. Grand Office Honour Merit (Haiti), 1975. Member: Order of Jamaica, 1976; Jamaica Bauxite Commission, 1973-1978. Chairman, Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation, 1981-1982. Chairman. Board Life of Jamaica. Chairman, Caribbean Cement Company. Chairman Desnoes & Geddes Ltd. Chairman, West Indies Cricket Board; 1996-. PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial; Patent; Trust Law; Estates Law. Email: mfgja@toj.com

MAURICE C. ROBINSON, born 1932; admitted 1959, Jamaica; 1977, United Kingdom (Solicitor). Education: University College of the West Indies (B.A.). Chairman, Public Utility Commission, 1972-1977. Overseas Member: Institute of Trademark Agents (United Kingdom.). PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial Law; Trademarks Law; Patents Law; Trusts Law; Estates Law. Email: mrobinson@toj.com

NOEL D. LEVY, born 1943; admitted, 1966, Jamaica; 1979, United Kingdom (Solicitor). Commissioner, Jamaica Racing Commission, 1979-1989. Commission, 1979-1989. Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission, 1977-. Member: the Law Society (U.K.); International Bar Association. PRACTICE AREAS: Construction; Banking; Contract; Taxation; International Finance.

DOROTHY PINE-MCLARTY, born 1940; admitted, 1967, Jamaica; 1996, United Kingdom. Director and the Firm’s representative on JAMBAR Holdings Ltd. Chairman, Wesley Restoration. Member: Optimist Club; Director/Trustee: Owen & Mable Memorial Trust Fund. PRACTICE AREAS: Conveyancing; Estates Law; Trust Law.

DEREK N. JONES, born 1948; admitted, 1970, Jamaica; 1980, United Kingdom (Solicitor) Lecturer, Norman Manley Law School, 1977-1979. Member: Parish Council Services Commission, 1972-1974; National Water Commission, 1974-1976. Vice President, Jamaica Bar Association. Member: The Law Society (U.K.); American Arbitration Association; American Bar Association; Disciplinary Committee of General Legal Council. Tutor, Norman Manley Law School. PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial. Email: djones@toj.com 

ETHAN SINCLAIR, born 1944; admitted, 1971, Jamaica; 1985, United Kingdom (Solicitor). Member, Conveyancing Committee, Jamaica Bar Association. PRACTICE AREAS: Conveyancing. Email: esinclair@toj.com

DENNIS GOFFE, Q.C., born 1942; called to Middle Temple, England, 1972; (Barrister-at-Law); admitted, 1973, Jamaica; 1992, Inner Bar. Education: London University (B.A); University of Leeds (LL.B. Hons.); Inns of Court, London, England. Tutor: Norman Manley Law School, 1982-. Member: Jamaica Bar Association, General Legal Counsel. PRACTICE AREAS: Litigation; Trial Advocacy. Email: dgoffe@toj.com

STEPHEN U. SHELTON, born 1949; admitted, 1975, Jamaica; 1991, England and Wales (Solicitor). Education: University of the West Indies (B.Sc. Govt.; LL.B., Hons.); Norman Manley Law School. Chairman, Council of Voluntary Social Services, 1983-1987. Vice Chairman, United Way of Jamaica, 1984-1988. Board of Governors, St. Andrew High School, 1983-1988, Jamaica College, Kingston Legal Aid Clinic. Tutor, University of the West Indies, Barbados, 1971-1973. Member: The Law Society (United Kingdom); Jamaica Bar Association (Council Member, 1987-1990); Commonwealth Lawyers Association; American Arbitration Association, Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (United Kingdom).(Managing Partner). PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial Litigation; Fair Competition; Construction. Email: sshelton@toj.com

BARBARA A. ALEXANDER, born 1952; admitted; 1976, Jamaica; 1985, United Kingdom (Solicitor). Education: University of the West Indies (B.Sc.) Member, Board of Directors of United Way of Jamaica. PRACTICE AREAS: Real Estate; Commercial

NORMAN O. MINOTT, born 1953; admitted, 1976, Jamaica. Education: University of the West Indies (LL.B. Hons.); Norman Manley Law School. PRACTICE AREAS: Real Estate. Email: nminott@toj.com

B. ST. MICHAEL HYLTON, Q.C., born 1953; admitted, 1976, Jamaica; 1995, Inner Bar. Education: University of the West Indies (LL.B., 1st class honors); Norman Manley Law School. Lecturer in Law, University of Technology, Jamaica, 1976-1979. Tutor, Norman Manley Law School 1982-. Treasurer, Jamaica Bar Association. Chairman, Bob Marley Foundation. PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial; Litigation; Real Estate; Intellectual Property. Email: mhylton@toj.com

LYNDA MAIR, born 1955; admitted, 1979, Jamaica. Education: University of the West Indies (L.L.B. Hons.); Norman Manley Law School (Certificate of Merit). Member: Board of Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation. PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial; Conveyancing. Email: lmair@toj.com

MILTON J. SAMUDA, born 1959; admitted, 1982, Jamaica; 1993, British Virgin Islands. Education: University of the West Indies (LL.B. Hons.); YMCA, 1987-. PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial; Maritime; Entertainment.

ARTHUR C. HAMILTON, born 1957; admitted, 1982, Jamaica. Education: University of the West Indies (LL.B. Hons.); Norman Manley Law School. Lecturer/Tutor, Business Law, University of Technology, Jamaica, 1982-1986. Lecturer, Commercial Law, University of the West Indies, 1983-1986. Member, Board of Metropolitan Parks and Markets. PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial.

LANCE ST. S. HYLTON, born 1960; admitted, 1987, Jamaica; 1995, British Virgin Islands. Education: University of the West Indies (LL.B., Hons.); Norman Manley Law School. Member, Jamaica College Board of Governors. Chairman, Company Act Revision Committee. PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial.

PETER S. GOLDSON, born 1963; admitted, 1988, Jamaica. Education: University of the West Indies (LL.B. Hons., 1984); Oxford University, St. John’s College (B.C.L., 1987); Norman Manley Law School. Rhodes Scholar, 1975. Secretary, Jamaica Rhodes Scholar’s Association, 1987-. Vice-Chairman, Council of Voluntary Social Services, 1995-1997. Director, Prudential Stock Brokers Ltd., 1995 -. Treasurer, Law Society, University of the West Indies, 1983-1984. PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial; Intellectual Property; Litigation and Protection; Trademarks; Patents. Email: pgoldson@toj.com

MONICA LADD, born 1954; admitted, 1988, Georgia; 1989, Jamaica and District of Columbia; 1990, New York and Florida. Education: Brown University (BA, 1976); Emory University (J.D., 1988); Norman Manley Law School. U.S Mission to the United Nations, U.S. Embassy Kingston, Jamaica and U.S. Embassy Santiago, Chile, 1977-1983. LANGUAGES: Spanish, French, German and English. PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial; Banking and Securities. Email: mladd@toj.com

 

ASSOCIATES
PAUL BARRINGTON DENNIS
,
born 1959; admitted, 1984, Jamaica. Education: University of the West Indies (LL.B., 1982); Norman Manley Law School Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, 1988. (Also Partner, O’Neal, Webster, O’Neal, Myers, Fletcher & Gordon, British Virgin Islands). PRACTICE AREAS: Litigation. Email: owomfg@caribsurf.com

ALISON JOY DUNKLEY, born 1964; admitted, 1989, Jamaica. Education: University of the West Indies (LL.B., 1987); Norman Manley Law School. PRACTICE AREAS: Conveyancing; Commercial. Email: adunkley@toj.com

ALEXANDER IVANHOE WILLIAMS, born 1964; admitted, 1989, Jamaica. Education: University of the West Indies (LL.B., 1987); Norman Manley Law School. Member representative of the Jamaica Employers Federation. Member: Jamaica Bar Association. PRACTICE AREAS: Landlord and Tenant. Civil Litigation; Criminal; Labour.

SANDRA ELAINE MINOTT-PHILLIPS, born 1960; admitted, 1989, Jamaica. Education: University of the West Indies (B.A., 1982; LL.B., 1987); Norman Manley Law School (C.L.E., 1989). Author: "Fatal Accidents Computation of Damages in Jamaica, "West Indian Law Journal, Vol. 16, No. 2, October, 1991. Member, Advisory Board, Institute of Jamaica Junior Council, 1989-1993. Director, Radio Jamaica Ltd., 1989-1991. Member: Jamaica Bar Association; Advocates Association of Jamaica. PRACTICE AREAS: Civil and Criminal Litigation. Email: sphillips@toj.com

NICOLE ALICIA LAMBERT, born 1966; admitted, 1989, Jamaica. Education: University of the West Indies (LL.B., Hons, 1987); Norman Manley Law School; London School of Economics (LL.M.). PRACTICE AREAS: Civil Litigation; Estates; Conveyancing. Email: nlambert@toj.com

ROBERTA ANN MATTHIES, born 1960; admitted, 1990, Jamaica. Education: Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada (B.Comm., 1981); University of the West Indies (LL.B.,1988); Norman Manley Law school. LANGUAGES: English and German. PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial; Conveyancing. Email: mfgja@toj.com

MINETT PALMER, born 1967; admitted, 1990, Jamaica. Education: University of the West Indies (LL.B., 1988); Norman Manley Law School. Chairman Prime Ministerial Advisory Council. PRACTICE AREAS: Litigation. Email: mpalmer@toj.com

GINA MARIE PHILLIPS BLACK, born 1966; admitted, 1921, Jamaica. Education: University of the West Indies (LL.B.B., Upper 2nd Class Honors, 1986-1989); Norman Manley Law school. PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial.

DEBBIE ANN PATRICE FRASER, born 1968; admitted, 1992, Jamaica. Education: University of the West Indies (LL.B., Hons., 1990); Norman Manley Law School. (Certificate of Merit, 1992). PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial; Intellectual Property. Email: dfraser@toj.com

SUSAN JOANNE MCGHIE-SANG, born 1969; admitted, 1992, Jamaica. Education: University of the West Indies (LL.B., Hons., 1990); Norman Manley Law School. LANGUAGES: English and French. PRACTICE AREAS: Litigation; Conveyancing. Email: ssang@toj.com

MICHELE ELAINE HENRY, born 1968; admitted, 1992; Jamaica. Education: University of the West Indies (LL.B, Hons., 1990); Norman Manley Law School. LANGUAGES: English and French. PRACTICE AREAS: Litigation; Commercial.

NOVAR PATRICK McDONALD, born St. Andrew, Jamaica, April 12, 1969; admitted, 1993, Jamaica. Education: University of the West Indies (LL.B., Hons., 1991); Norman Manley Law School. PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial; Litigation. Email: pmcdonald@toj.com

PAUL DOUGLAS FISHER, born St. Andrew, Jamaica, February 23, 1969; admitted 1993, Kingston, Jamaica. Education: University of the West Indies (LL.B., 1991); Norman Manley Law School. Part-time Lecturer, Jamaica Maritime Institute. PRACTICE AREAS: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Admiralty.

TRACI-ANN ELAINE DELISSER, born 1971; admitted, 1994, Jamaica. Education: University of the West Indies (LL.B., Hons., 1992); Norman Manley Law School. PRACTICE AREAS: Conveyancing. Email: tdelliser@toj.com

MARGARET ELIZABETH SYKES, born 1969; admitted, 1994, Jamaica. Education: Cayman Islands Law School (LL.B., 1991); Norman Manley Law School. PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial.

GINA BERRY, born 1969; admitted, 1995, Jamaica. Education: University of the West Indies (B.A. Hons.; LL.B. Hons.); Norman Manley Law School. PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial. Email: gberry@toj.com

RODERICK GORDON, born 1972; admitted, 1995, Jamaica. Education: University of the West Indies (LL.B. Hons); Norman Manley Law School. Member: Jamaica Bar Association. PRACTICE AREAS: Litigation; Maritime. Email: rgordon@toj.com

SHANTI HARJANI WILLIAMS, born 1967; admitted, 1995, Jamaica. Education: Barry University Florida (B.Sc. Econ. Hons.); University of the West Indies (LL.B. Hons); Norman Manley School. PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial; Litigation.

CONSULTANTS 
HON. VIVIAN O. BLAKE,
O.J., Q.C., born 1921; admitted, 1948, Jamaica; 1958, Inner Bar. Member of the Order of Jamaica; Former Member Legislative Council 1962; Member: House of Representatives, 1967, Leader in the Senate for Opposition; Former Minister of Commerce & Trade; Former Member, Supreme Court Library Committee; Law Reform Committee, Jamaica Boxing Board of Control, Jockey Club, Former Director: Caymanas Park Ltd. Email: mfgja@toj.com

HON. DAVID COORE, O.J. Q.C., born 1925, admitted 1951 Jamaica, 1962 Inner Bar. Education: McGill University (B.A.Econ.); Oxford University (BA Jurisprudence); Middle Temple. Jamaica Scholar. Member of the Order of Jamaica; Member, Legislative Council (1959); Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister (19721978); Minister of Foreign Affairs and Attorney General (1993-1995); Representative Chief Mission I.D.B. (1978-1982). Email: mfgja@toj.com

L. FARREN-SOUTAR, born 1922. Called to Middle Temple, England, 1949 (Barrister-at-Law); admitted, 1950, Jamaica. Education: Inns of Court, London, England. PRACTICE AREAS: Conveyancing. Email: mfgja@tom.com

ROY KIRCHMAN ANDERSON, born 1941; admitted, 1970, United Kingdom; 1972, Jamaica; 1990, Grenada and New York. Education: University of the West Indies (BA. 1964); London University (LL.B., 1969); Lincoln’s Inn (Barrister, 1970); Queen Mary’s College (LL.M., 1971); Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., 1985). Author: "the Legislative Framework of the Bauxite Alumina Agreements," an unpublished paper read at Seminar for Government Officers, 1978;"Legislative Framework of the Bauxite Industry after 1974," Journal of the Geological Society of Jamaica," "Proceedings of the Bauxite Symposium," June 1980; Some Legal, Financial and Accounting Considerations of the Agreements Between the Government of Jamaica and the Bauxite Alumina Companies," Proceedings of the Bauxite Symposium vi June 1982,: The Role of Industrial Development Corporations in Investment Promotion," "Special Grenada IDC Fifth Anniversary Edition of the New Bargainer," Grenada West Indies, March 1990. Tutor: Norman Manley Law School, 1976-1982; International Law Institute, 1983-1987. Chairman, Jamaica Reynolds Bauxite Partnership, 1980 and 1982. Director, Heart Foundation of Jamaica. Honorary treasurer, J.B.A., 1972-1982. Member: N.Y.S.B.A. (1990-1992); A.B.A. (1990-1992); N.Y.C.L.A. (1990-1993). Email: randerson@toj.com