Criminal Litigation
Defence at the police station, magistrate's court and beyond. Bail applications, summary trials, indictable matters and appellate work, handled with discretion.
Discuss a MatterA modern legal chambers founded on principled advocacy, sound judgment, and practical legal counsel that respects every client's time. We provide strategic representation before the courts and meticulous legal drafting across criminal, civil, family, conveyancing, and corporate matters.
From a charge laid at the station to the closing of a family home, the matters that change people's lives need a lawyer who treats each one as singular. These are the areas where the chambers appears most often, and where it builds its strongest cases.
Defence at the police station, magistrate's court and beyond. Bail applications, summary trials, indictable matters and appellate work, handled with discretion.
Discuss a MatterTitle searches, sale agreements, transfers, mortgages and registration. Whether you're buying your first home or transferring family land, the paperwork is done right.
Discuss a TransferClaims, defences, judgments and enforcement. Disputes between neighbours, landlords, tenants and business partners, argued on the law and the facts that matter.
Bring a ClaimDivorce, custody, maintenance, adoption and child welfare. Sensitive matters handled with privacy and a steady, practical hand for adults and the children in their care.
Speak in ConfidenceCompany formation, shareholder agreements, governance and dispute resolution. Counsel for the small business that wants to grow without losing the keys to its own house.
Structure It RightDrafted to be enforceable, reviewed to spot the trap, negotiated to protect your side. Service contracts, leases, employment terms and bespoke commercial deals.
Get It in WritingUnfair dismissal, redundancy, severance and tribunal representation. Employees and employers alike get clear advice on the rights, the limits and the route to a resolution.
Know Your RightsMotor vehicle accidents, workplace injury, slip-and-fall and negligence claims. Medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, recovered for the people who earned them.
Start a ClaimMatter not listed? Reach out. Most things have a way forward.
Request a ConsultationA national award, a courtroom record and a teaching career that spans UWI, G.C. Foster College and Jose-Marti Technical High School. Every matter that walks through the door gets the same undivided preparation and straight-talking counsel.
Attorney-at-Law
Attorney-at-Law · Educator · Commentator
Mr. Alexander L. Shaw, Attorney-at-Law, read law at the University of the West Indies, graduating with an LLB (Hons), and completed his Legal Education Certificate at Norman Manley Law School. He practises across criminal, civil, family, conveyancing, personal injury, and estate planning and administration matters, and has built a reputation in Spanish Town and beyond for thorough preparation and a steady courtroom presence.
Beyond practice, Mr. Shaw is an Adjunct Tutor in the Faculty of Law at the UWI Mona and lectured at G.C. Foster College in his earlier years. He is also a recognised social and political commentator, called to the Jamaican Bar in 2018. He was named a 2023 Governor General's Achievement Awardee and a 2022 Prime Minister's Youth Awardee for Excellence in Nation Building, the firm's highest public recognitions to date.
Justice has no colour, no class, and no price.
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2023 · GG Achievement Award
2022 · PM Youth Award
Called to the Jamaican Bar in 2018, Mr. Shaw was recognised among a small group of Jamaicans honoured by the Office of the Governor-General in 2023 for sustained contribution to the parish and to the practice of law. In 2022, he was named a Prime Minister's Youth Awardee for Excellence in Nation Building.
Every matter follows the same backbone, even if the work that fills it is unique to you. Clear steps, plain language and no surprises on the invoice.
Tell us what happened. Documents, dates, the names involved. We listen first, then ask the questions a court will ask.
A plain-language read on where you stand: the strengths, the weaknesses, what the law actually says about your situation.
Bail, hearings, drafting, negotiation, trial. Whatever the matter requires, you have an advocate who's prepared and present.
Settlement, verdict, registered title or signed contract. We close the file the right way, and stay reachable after.
Video interviews and newspaper features on Mr. Shaw's legal commentary and casework. Watch, or read the full coverage.
An interview on the Bail Act and what it changes for defendants.
Watch on YouTubeAn interview on the Criminal Justice (Plea Negotiations and Agreements) Act, and an explanation of sentencing guidelines.
Watch on YouTubeMore interviews and press coverage added as they're published. Follow the chambers on social media for the latest.
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Shop 4, Harlequin Plaza
15 Sydenham Commercial Center, Old Harbour Road
Spanish Town, St. Catherine
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