Suzanne Ffolkes-Goldson | Faculty of Law

Suzanne
Ffolkes Goldson

Job title:

Interim Dean, Senior Lecturer

Education:

LL.B. Hons. (UWI) B.A. (Econ.) (York) B.C.L. (Oxon)

Professional Affiliation:

Attorney-at-Law

Telephone:

876-927-1855

Email:

suzanne.ffolkesgoldson@uwimona.edu.jm

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Overview

Mrs. Suzanne Ffolkes-Goldson ’87, is an Attorney at Law, Senior Lecturer and former Deputy Dean, in the Faculty of Law at the UWI Mona Campus. Mrs. Ffolkes Goldson is called to the Bar in Jamaica and Barbados. She worked briefly as an associate, and then a consultant in corporate and commercial law at the firm Dunn, Cox and Orrett. Mrs. Ffolkes-Goldson is also a member of the Implementation Oversight Committee for the Corporate Governance Framework for Public Bodies, Ministry of Finance. The Committee was formed to monitor the implementation of strategic priorities of the Corporate Governance Framework for Public Bodies (2012) and its work has resulted in the approval by Cabinet in 2016 and 2017 of Guidelines on the Roles and Responsibilities of the Corporate Secretary, the Competency Profile Instrument for Boards of Public Bodies and Board Performance Evaluation Instrument.

Research Interests:

Company Law

Corporate Governance

Corporate Management

Corporate Insolvency and Corporate Ethics

Public Sector Governance

Courses :

Company Law

Law of Corporate Management

Corporate Governance

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Profile

Mrs. Ffolkes-Goldson is a regional expert on issues of corporate governance and company law. She is certified under the Global Corporate Governance Forum/World Bank, IFC, Caribbean Training of Trainers Programme in Corporate Governance Board Leadership and has trained company directors and officials in corporate governance in many companies, public bodies and professional associations in Jamaica.

Mrs. Ffolkes-Goldson has developed special expertise on the provisions required for Corporate Governance Codes that meet international standards, and, at the same time, address the corporate reality of emerging markets in the region. Her skill have been utilised as a member of the Corporate Governance Committee of the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ), which is responsible for the drafting and dissemination of corporate governance principles for Jamaica. She chaired the committee for the revised PSOJ Corporate Governance Code 2016, which is referenced in the Jamaica Stock Exchange Rules.

Mrs. Ffolkes-Goldson’s policy work has not only impacted the development of the PSOJ Corporate Governance Code 2016 for Jamaica, but she has been advising the Barbados Stock Exchange on the development of its corporate governance code, which is likely to come into effect in 2019.

Research

Mrs. Ffolkes-Goldson’s has published articles in regional and international journals on corporate law, corporate governance, corporate insolvency and corporate social responsibility. Her scholarship on company law and corporate governance has been cited by scholars examining similar issues in Bangladesh, Guyana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Trinidad and Tobago. She has also presented her research on these subjects at numerous seminars, workshops and conferences, locally, regionally and internationally.

Her book, Commonwealth Caribbean Corporate Governance (Routledge 2015), explores the development of the law and codes in Jamaica and in the Commonwealth Caribbean region and provides a guide for legal practitioners, corporate executives and students of business, corporate law and corporate management. Her new book, Corporate Business Principles: A Guide to the Jamaica Companies Act, was published in 2020.

She was an advisor to the CARICOM Committee on The Reform of Company Law in the Commonwealth Caribbean (1996-2001), and The Joint Select Committee of Parliament on the Jamaica Companies Act 2004. Her work informed the drafting of the Jamaica Companies Act 2004 and subsequent amendments, particularly in relation to stakeholder remedies.

She also drafted the Insurance Regulations to the Jamaica Insurance Act 2001 as a consultant to the IADB and Government of Jamaica which were introduced as a response to the financial meltdown in the Jamaica financial sector in the 1990’s.

Publications

Books:

S. Ffolkes Goldson, Corporate Business Principles: A Guide to the Jamaica Companies Act (Ian Randle Publishers, 2020).

S. Ffolkes Goldson (ed.), Commonwealth Caribbean Corporate Governance (Routledge 2015).

S. Ffolkes Goldson, Corporate Business Principles: A Guide to the Company Law of Jamaica, (forthcoming, Caribbean Law Publishing, Kingston Jamaica, 2015).

Chapters in Books:

Ffolkes Goldson, S. ‘Corporate Governance: A One Size Fits All?’ in Berry & Robinson (eds.), Transitions in Caribbean Law: Lawmaking, Constitutionalism and the Confluence of International and Domestic Law (Caribbean Law Publishing, 2013) pp.33-50.

(Cited in W Soverall and W Persaud, “A Study of Corporate Failure and the Political Economy of Financial Regulation in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean” International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Vol.3 No. 16/Special Issue, August 2013 p. 25.).

(Cited in W Soverall, “CLICO’s Collapse: Poor Corporate Governance” American International Journal of Contemporary Research Vol. 2 No. 2, February 2012 p. 172.).

Ffolkes Goldson, S. “Violence Against Women: Some Legal Responses” E Leo-Rhynie, B Bailey & C Barrow (eds.).

Gender: A Caribbean Multi-Disciplinary Perspective (Ian Randle Publishers, 1997) pp.118-127.

(Cited in Jessica Byron and Diana Thorburn, ‘Gender and International Relations: A Global Perspective and Issues for the Caribbean’, Feminist Review No. 59, Summer 1998, pp. 221-232).

Ffolkes Goldson, S. “Corporate Governance as a Mechanism for the Deterrence of Economic Crimes” (forthcoming Journal of Financial Crime, 2014).

Ffolkes Goldson, S. ‘The Use and Misuse of the Corporate Oppression Remedy in the Commonwealth Caribbean’ The Company Lawyer, Volume 35, Issue 7 May 2014 pp 195 – 204.

Ffolkes Goldson, S. ‘Balancing the Interests of Creditors and Debtors in the Reform of Corporate Insolvency in Jamaica’ West Indian Law Journal, Vol. 37 No. 2, October 2012 pp.171-184.

Ffolkes Goldson, S. ‘The Transformation of Corporate Social Responsibility into Legal Responsibility’ West Indian Law Journal, Vol. 37 No.1, May 2012 pp. 83-93.

Ffolkes Goldson, S. “Directors’ Duties to Creditors on or in the Vicinity of Insolvency in the Commonwealth Caribbean: Should the Peoples Decision of the Supreme Court of Canada be Followed?” Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, Vol.6 Issue 1, Summer 2006, pp. 61-75.

Ffolkes Goldson, S. “The Reform of the Law Relating to Duties of Directors in the Commonwealth Caribbean” The Company Lawyer, 2002, pp.378-384.

Ffolkes Goldson, S. “New Companies Legislation to Be Passed Later This Year” International Corporate Law Bulletin, Volume 1 –Issue 4 – December 1998 pp. 9-10.

Ffolkes Goldson, S. “Corporate Directors’ Duty of Care, Diligence and Skill: Soper v The Queen”, Caribbean Law Bulletin, 1998 pp.53-59.

Ffolkes Goldson, S. “Legislative and Regulatory Change in Jamaica” The International Financial Law Review, Fall 1996.

Articles:

S. Ffolkes Goldson, “Corporate Governance as a Mechanism for the Deterrence of Economic Crimes in the Commonwealth Caribbean” (2015) 22 Journal of Financial Crime 347.

S. Ffolkes Goldson, “The Use and Misuse of the Corporate Oppression Remedy in the Commonwealth Caribbean (2014) 35 Company Lawyer 195.

S. Ffolkes-Goldson, ‘Corporate Governance: A One Size Fits All?’ in Berry & Robinson (eds.), Transitions in Caribbean Law: Lawmaking, Constitutionalism and the Confluence of International and Domestic Law (2013).

S. Ffolkes-Goldson, “Directors’ Duties to Creditors on or in the Vicinity of Insolvency in the Commonwealth Caribbean: Should the Peoples Decision of the Supreme Court of Canada be Followed?” Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, Vol.6 Issue 1, Summer 2006.

S. Ffolkes-Goldson, ‘The Use and Misuse of the Corporate Oppression Remedy in the Commonwealth Caribbean’ (forthcoming 2013).

S. Ffolkes-Goldson, ‘Balancing the Interests of Creditors and Debtors in the Reform of Corporate Insolvency in Jamaica’ (forthcoming 2013).

S. Ffolkes-Goldson, ‘The Transformation of Corporate Social Responsibility into Legal Responsibility’ (forthcoming 2013).

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