Alexander Williams & Company is a full service law firm, providing legal services in the following practice areas:
- Civil and Criminal Litigation;
- Property Sales and Purchases;
- Commercial Agreements;
- Debt Collection;
- Estate Administration and advice;
- Matrimonial property claims;
- All legal document preparation and advice;
- Personal Injury Claims.
Mr. Williams is a senior attorney-at-law having practiced for more than 25 years at the Jamaican Bar. Please refer to his professional profile.
Mission Statement:
The firm will be the best boutique law firm, offering excellent personalised service to local and international clients at reasonable cost.
CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LITIGATION
Our main area of service is representation for our clients in court.
We offer complete and comprehensive case preparation and advocacy in all courts to resolve any legal disputes. This applies both to civil dispute as well as criminal cases where we will prosecute upon obtaining permission from the Director of Public Prosecutions, or defend clients accused of any crime.
We offer services in all areas of civil litigation. This includes, among other things:
- Personal injury claims
- Medical negligence
- Professional negligence
- Breach of contract claims
- Public law claims (such as licensing claims, etc.)
- Constitutional claims
MATRIMONIAL CLAIMS
The firm will represent clients seeking a divorce, making custody claims or seeking relief on behalf of minor or mentally ill relatives for the management of their affairs
The firm will also provide services to resolve matrimonial property disputes and domestic violence claims.
PROPERTY SALES AND PURCHASE
The firm acts for both vendors and purchasers in property transactions. The firm will also, where necessary, recommend mortgage brokers, valuers and surveyors and otherwise assist the client to facilitate the completion of the particular property transaction.
Our services also include preparation of document to seek subdivision approvals, modification of restrictive covenants, change of use applications, and also advice on the structuring of complex real estate deals.
The firm will also offer routine advice, documentation and carriage of sales services for developers or scheme owners.
EMPLOYMENT LAW
The firm represents both employers, employees and trades union in all aspects of employment law, including industrial practice, labour law practice, wrongful and unfair dismissal claims, and all employer-employee related disputes.
This includes: representation of employers, employees and trades union at the local level, the Ministry of labour, the Industrial Disputes, Tribunal and the Supreme Court.
The firm also assists in the negotiation of collective labour agreements, and has represented both employers and unions in claims for collective bargaining rights on behalf of categories of employees.
The firm, by way of general retainer, offers the services of routine human resource and employment law advice to local and foreign corporate clients, advising and assisting in the process of dismissals, lay offs, and redundancy and general advice to secure compliance with our Labour Relations Code.
COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS
The firm offer all commercial related legal services including structuring and advising on joint venture agreements, creation of captive international business companies to manage the holding of assets, asset purchase agreements, general advice on stock exchange rules regarding mergers and takeovers, company formations and director’s liabilities.
The firm will also advise and assist on pending insolvencies and will act for debenture holders and receivers, and companies subject to management by a receiver/manager appointed by the Court or debenture holder.
The firm will offer advice on securitisation of corporate debts.