JAMELA A. ALI, SC
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Writings by Guyana Lawyer Jamela A Ali, Senior Counsel is the Principal of the Jamela Ali Law Firm that provides legal services in Contracts, Oil & Gas, Mining Law & Agreements, Buying and Selling Properties, Formation of Companies, Money Claims, Trademarks & Patents, Probates of Wills and Administration, Divorces and Adoptions of Children. click on links for legal services PUBLICATIONS have addressed legislative deficiences and institutional gaps across several areas of law and considered their implications for the rule of law and justice; some have informed law reform processes and are referenced in legal education by lecturers and law students at regional law schools and universities in common law jurisdictions. Areas include Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Election law, Legislative Drafting, Mining Law, Intellectual Property, Adoption, Gold Board, Abuse of Power, ADR & Mediation published in The New Guyana Bar Review, Guyana Chronicle, Stabroek News, Kaieteur News, Guyana Times newspapers, Village Voice online news and in the Caribbean Law Review (UWI, Barbados). *********** LL.M. RESEARCH PAPER BY JAMELA A. ALI THE ROLE OF PARLIAMENTARY COUNSEL AND LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING IN GUYANA: A Critique (22,327 words) LL.M. Research Paper 1997 which included Statute Law Revision, Consolidation of Laws, Law Reform, Constitution, Natural Justice and Principles of Good Administration ARTICLES BY JAMELA A. ALI WHY the MAYOR, COUNCIL and REGULATORY BODIES permit ILLEGAL CONDUCT - FARNUM GREEN SPACE - 9 & 11 Nov 25 - Kaieteur News - Stabroek News BREACH of PUBLIC TRUST, TRANSPARENCY & ACCOUNTABILITY by CITY COUNCIL - FARNUM COMMUNITY GROUND - 5 Nov 25 - Stabroek News - Kaieteur News - Guyana Times - Village Voice ABUSE OF POWER BY DEVELOPER and REGULATORY BODIES - LAND ACQUISITION - FARNUM Open Green Space - Oct 2025 published in Kaieteur News - Stabroek News - Guyana Times - Village Voice TRADEMARK REFORM AND GUYANA OIL - Guyana Bar Association Review May 2019. In Defence of the Judiciary - Rights of Gold Miners and Amerindians 2013 Guyana Chronicle DUTY TO GIVE REASONS: THE WAY FORWARD Administrative Law, updated in 2008 - The New Guyana Bar Review, May 2008. see Kaieteur News article. scrool below for views of readers on this article AN INTRODUCTION TO MEDIATION and the benefits of Mediation, 2007.The New Guyana Bar Review Volume 2 Issue 1: May 2008. REVIEW OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM PROCESS Caribbean Law Review by the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados 2003. This paper was delivered at the GBA Law conference 2002 The Internet and the Law Online when the internet was in its fledging stage in Guyana 1999.
SPEECHES BY JAMELA A. ALI 17 September 2024 ADR AND CIVIL LITIGATION: A GUYANA PERSPECTIVE - to 213 students Year 11- HWLS, Trinidad. Power point presentation 18 June 2023 - Laws affecting Children and Women for Qayyim Academy, at Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara. 4 June 2023 - Laws on rights of Women for Nacosa at Bath Masjid, West Coast Berbice, Guyana. 2 October 2021- Impasse in Mediation to Judges for Bangladesh International Mediation Society (BIMS) 3 April 2021 - Mediation in the Administration of Justice to Judges in Bangladesh (BIMS). 12-13 March 2021 - Introduction to International Mediation. Feedback Assessment of Course in online training session of Judges from Bangladesh. 26 March 2012 - Speech on Mediation and the Legal Process to Lions of Georgetown at Georgetown. 9 March 2012 - Presentation Mediation and Court cases hosted by Guyana Association of Professional Social Workers (GAPSW) under the theme "The Impact of Social Work in an ever changing Society." 25 November 2011 - Speech and Panel Discussion for International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women by Guyana Association of Professional Social Workers in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund under the theme "Commit Act & Demand: We can Stop Violence Against Women." 28 October 2011 - Welcome Speech at the Mediation Forum under the theme "Embracing the Potential of Mediation" hosted by the Mediation Institute of Guyana Inc. (MIG) at Oceanview Hotel, Guyana. 28 October 2011 - speech on "The Process of Mediation and the Benefits" at the Mediation Forum under the theme "Embracing the Potential of Mediation" hosted by MIG at Oceanview Hotel, Guyana. 5 June 2011 Division of Property, Making Wills, Mediation and other matters on behalf of Nacosa at the Enmore Masjid, East Coast Demerara, Guyana. 11 July 2010 Wills and Powers of Attorney for Nacosa at the Bath Jama Masjid, West Coast Berbice, Guyana 30 June 2010, “Benefits of Mediation and the Judicial Process in Guyana ” at a Public Forum on Alternative Dispute Resolution, on behalf of GAWL in Guyana. 2009 - Laws relating to Custody, Adoption, Maintenance and Divorce at Mae's Secondary School, Georgetown to Fourth & Fifth form students. MEDIATION AND LEGAL PROCESS at Suddie Supreme Court, Essequibo & New Amsterdam, Berbice, 2008. PARLIAMENT: A DEMOCRACY OR A MOCKERY at the second Law Conference of the GBA, 2003. REVIEW OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM PROCESS 2002 Speech delivered at the GBA Law conference. Published in the Caribbean Law Review, UWI, Cave Hill, Barbados 2003. 1998 - Speeches on FAMILY LAWS RELATING TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN hosted by the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security in Bartica and Berbice, Guyana.
PUBLISHED LETTERS BY JAMELA A. ALI Guyana Chronicle, Kaieteur News, Stabroek News, Guyana Times newspapers & Village Voice online news 1. WHY THE MAYOR, COUNCIL and REGULATORY BODIES PERMIT ILLEGAL CONDUCT - FARNUM GREEN SPACE? 9/11/2025 - Kaieteur News - Stabroek News under title " Reasons presented by Mayor for Farnum Ground occupation are erroneous and violate public trust principles" 2. BREACH OF PUBLIC TRUST, TRANSPARANCY & ACCOUNTABILITY BY CITY COUNCIL - FARNUM COMMUNITY GROUND - 5 Nov 2025 - Stabroek News - Kaieteur News - Guyana Times - Village Voice 3. ABUSE OF POWER by Developer and Regulatory bodies - Land Acquisition - Subryanville Farnum Open Green space - 2025 published in Kaieteur News - Stabroek News - Guyana Times - Village Voice 5. Legislative Drafting principles lacking in Constitution Reform 2000 6. Guyana Election Law amendment 2000 - Consequences of poor legislative drafting 7. Adoption of Children in Guyana 8. Guyana Gold Board 9. Medical Council of Guyana 10. Guyana Ester Perreira elections case (Al-Bayan publication) 11. Guyana Law Revision - competent Law Revision Commission needed 12. Guyana Legal Practitioners’ Committee 13. Reply to letter from Mr. Vandeyar on Local Government Commission Other writings Review of Guyana labour laws, recommend and draft amendments in the context of the Constitution of Guyana and International conventions which Guyana has ratified to strengthen legislative protection and enforcement in combating child labour for Ministry of Labour (UNICEF) 2021. Review of the Business Processes and Workflows for Business Start Up in Guyana for Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce (World Bank) 2014. Reviewed and drafted several provisions of the Consumer Protection Bill for Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce (IDB) -2010.
TELEVISION APPEARANCES BY JAMELA A. ALI 11 April 2014 - Court connected and other Mediation CNS 6 “This is Guyana” hosted by Audreyanna Thomas with Jamela A. Ali, Teni Housty and Emily Dodson, Attorneys at Law and Mediators. 21 December 2011 - Mediation – Creating Awareness for an Improved Justice Sector. NCN hosted by Audreyanna Thomas with Jamela A. Ali, Teni Housty, Attorneys at Law/ Mediators and Colin Chichester, Mediator & Mediation Director 2002 - Constitutional Law, Interpretation of Statutes, Elections law. NCN hosted by N. Bilal, CIOG. ************************* Views on DUTY TO STATE REASONS I only recently read your masterful account of the common law judge's duty to give reasons for their judgments. Our two countries (I am in Malaysia) draw our laws and legal systems from the common law. There are also commonalities in our colonial history. Your article helped me formulate my own thoughts on the subject. UK Menon from Malaysia. April 19, 2021 - ukmenon@espact.com.my
_______________ "I have read ur article "Duty to give reason". U have done good job mam. It is very helpfull for me as a law student for the study purpose . "Thanks for the excellent article above" and keep it up. Afra Fathima from Sri Lanka. November 28, 2016. _________________ Your Article is excellent and of academic quality. I reference it in the Administrative Law course I teach at the University of Guyana. Professor Keith S. Messiah, UG, former Chancellor and AG of Guyana. _________________ Excellent article, well written. Ian Chang - Chief Justice Guyana. 2010 _________________ "… words do not adequately express the sentiment I felt when considering the wisdom you displayed in your “DUTY TO GIVE REASONS - THE WAY FORWARD” It is a masterpiece and should be read by every lawmaker. I will do my best to pass on links to your website and hopefully others with more influence than me will run with your recommendations. "Your article a “DUTY TO GIVE REASONS - THE WAY FORWARD” is an excellent article and a welcome relief to my mind. You have restored my confidence in lawyers in general. _________________ "Thanks for the excellent article above" - “DUTY TO GIVE REASONS - THE WAY FORWARD” _________________ I have read your papers and find them to be very well thought out and relevant to our issues. I find your paper Parliament: A Democracy or a Mockery 2003 as well as your paper on Legislative Drafting Principles Lacking in Constitutional Reform 2000 insightful as they speak to the parliament duty when they are enacting laws, in particular amending the Constitution." _______________
Jamela A Ali, SC, Attorney at Law is the Principal of the Ali Law Firm that provides legal services in Mining Law & Agreements, Conveyancing, Property matters, Trademarks, Adoption of Children, Divorces, Probates of Wills and Administration, Money Claims, Formation of Companies, Mediation and Real Estate.
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