A New Dawn After the Storm
When Hurricane Melissa made landfall, it didn’t just bring rain—it brought reflection. From Negril to Morant Bay, the sound of wind and water became the soundtrack of resilience. Roofs were torn, roads flooded, and homes bruised, yet the Jamaican spirit remained unshaken.
In every community, you could hear the same refrain: “Wi haffi build back.”
And build back we will. But as we rebuild our walls, many Jamaicans now face another kind of storm—one that blows not through our streets but through our contracts, our finances, and our property transactions.
For those buying, selling, or closing on a home when Hurricane Melissa hit, questions have risen like floodwaters:
“If the property mi buying mash up, who going fix it?”
“Can I still go through with the sale if the roof gone or the land flood out?”
“Mi insurance still cover it if we never sign off yet?”
These are not small questions. They go straight to the heart of how Jamaican property law works—and how fairness, co…
