Gun courts by January – CJ

Two new gun courts are expected to be operating by January at the latest, Chief Justice Leslie Haynes announced on Monday, as the judiciary moves to address firearms cases and ease pressure on the wider court system.

As the 2026-2027 legal year opened with a special sitting at Court No 1 in the Supreme Court Complex, he said: “As you are aware we are on the verge of implementing the gun courts. By January next year, at the very latest, we shall have the two gun courts in operation. I know that between the Attorney General and the Minister of Legal Affairs we would probably have those in operation long before January.

Revealing that these courts will be located at the Henry Forde and David Simmons Legal and Judicial Complex on Coleridge Street, Haynes acknowledged the physical constraints being encountered in finding court space.