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
Prison officer to receive $3.4m in decade-long battle over leave
“A HIGH Court judge has ruled in favour of a prison officer who first lost her job when the Public Service Commission (PSC) decided that she resigned in June 2007 because she failed to show up for duty for a year as she was on pregnancy leave…” 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
NiQuan has been ordered to pay its former vice president $21m
“NiQuan has been ordered to pay its former vice president—former independent senator David Small—$20,647,017 million for breach of contract for monies owed to him during his employment…” Read more
30 police sergeants seek to get colleagues’ injunction lifted
“A group of 30 police Sergeants have applied to have an injunction preventing all promotions to the rank of Inspector, obtained by a group of their colleagues, lifted…” Read more
Chaguanas man takes Imbert to court over unpublished NIB reports
“A CHAGUANAS man has received the court’s permission to proceed with an application which seeks to compel Finance Minister Colm Imbert to lay the National Insurance Board (NIB) annual reports for 2019 and 2020…” Read more
Senior fireman wins discrimination case
“A senior fire officer is set to receive compensation for being bypassed for promotion in favour of a colleague, who was his junior. On Monday, High Court Judge Margaret Mohammed delivered a 57-page judgment in which she upheld acting Assistant Chief Fire Officer Siewnarine Ramsaran’s judicial review and constitutional motion lawsuit against the Chief Fire Officer, Public Service […]