Seepersad (a minor) (Appellant) v Ayers-Caesar and others (Respondents)
“Under section 5(2) and the First Schedule to the Bail Act (No 18 of 1994), a person charged with murder cannot be granted bail. Thus when she first appeared before the Chief Magistrate, the first respondent to this appeal, in January 2014 she was remanded to the Adult Women’s Prison, Golden Grove Road, Arouca…”
Seukaran Singh (Respondent) v Commissioner of Police (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
“Promotion within the Police Service and, in particular, eligibility/entitlement to write the qualifying examination which forms part of the promotional assessment process for promotion to, and within, the First Division of the Police Service…”
Singh (Appellant) v Public Service Commission (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
“This appeal is concerned with the court’s discretion as to costs where an application is made for leave to apply for Judicial Review, but where no such proceedings are thereafter instituted, because the subject matter of the applicant’s complaint is speedily resolved…”
Auditor General Hits Back
“attacks launched against her character by both the AG and Minister of Finance Colm Imbert, which she considers “false, malicious, and misleading,” leave her in doubt that the Government could “fairly be permitted to select counsel to represent her…” Read more
Nonsensical argument on height policy for cops
“Sometimes, it is better for Minister of National Security Fitzgerald Hinds to just hush, rather than open his mouth and make himself look foolish…” Read more
Court rules in favour of public health inspector over vacation leave
A career public servant who challenged civil service regulations restricting the annual leave of a public officer charged with indiscipline or misconduct has won her lawsuit against the State… Read more
Judge rules Licensing Authority policy ‘unfair’
“The High Court has deemed unfair, illegal and irrational a Licensing Authority policy to prevent transactions involving a vehicle until all traffic tickets issued to drivers are paid…” Read more
Ex-death row inmate to challenge prison service over reviews
“A CONVICTED killer has filed a constitutional challenge over the failure of the prison service to hold period reviews of his sentence which was eventually commuted to life imprisonment…” 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
Court: Open-air pyre cremation ‘ban’ was discriminatory to Hindus after August 2021
“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