“FOR some five months, the Government’s covid19 guidelines on open-air pyre cremations were unconstitutional and became discriminatory against the Hindu community, a High Court judge has said in a written decision…” Read more

“As a single and independent mother, Katherine Akum Lum was living her best life. She loved her job as a building designer and project manager and was very successful. Akum Lum, at age 51, was providing a good and happy life for her son. She had also found love again after surviving domestic violence in her relationship…” Read more

“Rajen Valayden filed a constitutional complaint yesterday in the Supreme Court to challenge the validity of the “Local Government Amendment Act 2023” authorizing the postponement of municipal elections…” Read more

“FORMER nurse Ruth Peters, who is paralysed from the neck down, with 90 per cent disability, has lost her legal challenge over her denial of a disability grant, because she is not considered “permanently disabled…” Read more

“A  HIGH COURT judge has found the police acted maliciously and without cause when they arrested and laid charges against businessman and broadcaster Inshan Ishmael in 2017…” Read more

“THE family of three-year-old Jalil Naidoo, who suffered severe injuries from a dog attack on Monday, has retained former AG Anand Ramlogan’s Freedom Law Chambers…” Read more

“A 16-year-old boy who was being bullied while at the St Ann’s Psychiatric Hospital, and was ordered by the court into the custody of the Children’s Authority in 2017, will receive $2 million in compensation from the State…” Read more

“The State has been ordered to pay over $750,000 in compensation to four employees of the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, and Fisheries, who were bypassed for promotion…”Read more

“Social and political activist Ravi Balgobin Maharaj has won his lawsuit against the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) over the disclosure of information related to its wire-tapping activities…” Read more

“KING’S Counsel Vincent Nelson wants his civil claim against the Attorney General for an alleged breach of an indemnity agreement with the Government unsealed…” Read more

“A municipal police officer, who was left with a long-term back injury after assisting in detaining a suspect, has succeeded in her legal challenge over being placed on no-pay leave for almost three years after suffering a relapse…” Read more

“A HIGH Court lawsuit challenging the termination of contracts for a Laventille-based general contracting company and over 300 other Community-based Environmental Protection and Enhancement Programme (CEPEP) contractors faces a decisive moment next month…Read more“