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Appeal Court refuses to stop new interview for police sergeant
“AN APPEAL Court judge has refused to stop a judge’s directive to the police promotion advisory board (PAB) to re-interview a police sergeant who applied for the post of inspector, but fell ill during an interview in 2020…” Read more

US court upholds Piarco Inquiry disqualification –ARMOUR LOSES AGAIN
“A UNITED STATES appeals court has affirmed the disqualification of Attorney General Reginald Armour, SC, and a Miami law firm, from representing Government in the multi-million-dollar civil asset forfeiture case linked to the construction of the Piarco Airport terminal building 22 years ago…” Read more

A blow for advocacy
“Mr Charles was an advocate for something very specific: the right of people accused of wrongdoing to be free. But what matters even more is the fact that he was an advocate at all… Read more

Bail discretion a good move
“The Appeal Court’s declaration that the mandatory denial of bail to persons accused of murder under the Bail Act is a landmark decision of profound impact…” Read more

UNC’s local government challenge set for Friday, media blanked from sitting
“THE OPPOSITION UNC’s legal challenge against the Government’s decision to proclaim parts of the recently passed Local Government Reform Bill that could allow for local government elections to be delayed by a year comes up for hearing on Friday. The bill passed on June 14 with a simple majority in Parliament…” Read more

7 Families Join Together to sue State after babies die at POS Hospital
“Seven families whose babies died of neonatal sepsis over four days at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Port-of-Spain General Hospital (P0SGH) have joined together to file a class action lawsuit…” Read more

State must pay Siparia landowner $5.4m
The State has been ordered to pay more than $5.4 million in compensation to a Siparia landowner for land for the construction of an access link to the Solomon Hochoy Highway extension to Point Fortin. Read more

Appeal Court judge recuses herself from EMBD case: brother was board member
“ATTORNEYS involved in a claim by the Estate Management Business Development Company Ltd returned to court on Monday for an emergency hearing…” Read more

Pathologist calls on Medical Board to probe allegations of plagiarism in court affidavit filed by CMO on cremation issue
“The Medical Board of Trinidad and Tobago has been asked to adjudicate on a formal complaint of plagiarism made against Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Roshan Parasram…” Read more

Standing up for the small man
“I am, however, saddened by the fact that the Government compromised the independent office of the Governor of the Central Bank by its ruthless, unfair and unjustified termination of my appointment as governor, in breach of my constitutional rights…” Read more

Sport Ministry’s legal officer blanked in Darryl Smith lawsuit
“A LEGAL officer with the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs will not be allowed to join the judicial review court proceedings filed by former UNC minister and political activist Devant Maharaj against the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM)…” Read more

Judge rules against Prison Commissioner
“A HIGH COURT judge has ruled against the Commissioner of Prisons for the unreasonable delay in reclassifying a prison guard’s sick leave to injury leave which hindered his National Insurance Employment Injury Benefit payment…”Read more
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