The recent public lament of the chief justice and the president of the Court of Appeal concerning the woeful state of Jamaica's courthouses ought not simply to be ignored by the government.

The concerns serve to highlight the debilitating effect on the proper administration of justice, and are not mere statements; they are telling reminders that the court buildings islandwide do not belong to the present age.

Should their Lordships' public observations not concentrate the minds of government leaders on how that prevailing state of affairs squares with the absolutely impractical proposal of the creation of a local final appellate court to replace appeals to the Privy Council?