DIC settles with ex-GM before lawsuit goes to trial

“THE Deposit Insurance Corporation (DIC) has agreed to settle with its former general manager Arjoon Harripaul, bringing an end to his wrongful termination lawsuit…” Read more
Judge orders police to return cash to San Juan businessman after seizure

“Cash seized by the police pursuant to criminal investigations must be returned to their owners in the currencies they were taken…” Read more
Customs officer moves to block TTRA from replacing IRD, CED

“A customs officer is seeking an injunction blocking the Government from seeking to replace the Customs and Excise Division (CED) and the Inland Revenue Division (IRD) with the T&T Revenue Authority (TTRA) by August…” Read more
TT SC Ramlogan Supports Challenge to Local Govt Amendment Act 2023

“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
‘Lower your voice’: Protesting granny detained by police

“A Barrackpore resident was detained by police during day two of protest action over the poor road conditions at Rees Road on Tuesday…” Read more
Arima attorney pleads guilty to stamp-duty fraud

“AN Arima-based attorney has been ordered to pay almost half-a-million dollars in penalties to the Board of Inland Revenue for fraud…” Read more
UNC activist alleges discrimination in government’s Special Achievers’ Grant

“UNC activist Ravi Balgobin Maharaj is threatening to take legal action against the Ministry of Social Development over what appears, to him, to be a“racial and gender imbalance” in the selection of beneficiaries for its Special Achievers’ Grant (SAG)…” Read more
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
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
Nurse with Guillain-Barré syndrome loses claim for disability grant

“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