The move comes after Jamaica’s culture minister Olivia Grange travelled to the UK earlier this month to lodge the historic petition
King Charles has referred a landmark slavery reparations petition from Jamaica to a high-level UK appeals court for legal advice, Jamaica’s culture minister announced in parliament on Tuesday.
Referring to the move as a “really big deal”, Olivia Grange told Jamaica’s MPs the monarch had confirmed that their legal questions have been passed on to the London-based privy council – the final court of appeal for UK overseas territories and some Commonwealth countries.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/23/jamaica-king-charles-to-refer-slavery-reparations-petition-to-privy-council
Author : Natricia Duncan Caribbean correspondent
Publish date : 2026-09-23 01:15:00
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