Supreme Court delays ruling in Carl Bruce, Integrity Commission statutory declarations case

The Supreme Court has again pushed back its decision in the lawsuit filed by Dr Carl Bruce, medical chief of staff at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), challenging a request by the Integrity Commission (IC) to submit statutory declarations for more than six calendar years.

The IC is Jamaica’s principal anti-corruption body, to which public officials are required to make annual declarations of their income, assets and liabilities.

Bruce was required, by a notice dated April 8 this year from Joeth Jones, director of information and complaints at the IC, to submit statutory declarations for the period August 1, 2018, to December 31 last year, according to redacted documents disclosed by the Court Administration Division (CAD) on Tuesday, in response to a request by The Gleaner.