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SWRHA to pay- Welder dies after wrong diagnosis
“THE South West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) was yesterday found liable for damages following a lawsuit for medical negligence filed after a welder died from a flesh-eating bacterium…” Read more

No injunction against UNC senator: judge says Cummings’ case ‘weak’
“YOUTH Development and National Service Minister Foster Cummings has failed in his attempt to stop Opposition Senator Jayanti Lutchmedial from publicly speaking about his private and confidential information…” 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

Nelson already paid $1m in indemnity agreement with government
“ALMOST $1 million in legal fees have been paid by the State to Vincent Nelson KC, as part of the purported indemnity agreement signed by former attorney general Faris Al-Rawi…”

Hang up on jokey TSTT case
“FRIDAY’S ruling by the Court of Appeal that the Telecommunication Services (TSTT) is a public body subject to the Freedom of Information Act was an inevitable outcome which now provides clarification on a matter that should never have required clarification in the first place…” Read more

Nelson to apply for unsealing of indemnity case – LET THE PUBLIC KNOW
“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

Chaguanas farmer wins lease renewal case
“A Chaguanas farmer has succeeded in her lawsuit over an almost two-decade-long delay in renewing her lease for a parcel of land formerly held by now-defunct State sugar company Caroni (1975) Ltd…” Read more

Jayanti counters Jacob’s ‘muzzle’ claim: ‘Don’t believe government hype’
“United National Congress (UNC) senator Jayanti Lutchmedial says no one is trying to muzzle acting Commissioner of Police Mc Donald Jacob, but regardless of his political allegiance, he cannot compromise the independence of his office…” Read more

A national tragedy made worse
“The deaths of four divers, entombed in the dark, bereft of hope without knowing it, was and is a horror too malevolent for most of us to process. Yet this unprecedented catastrophe was met with the casual Trini incompetence…” Read more

Appeal Court clears way for legal avenue: BAIL FOR MURDER
https://newsday.co.tt/2022/02/17/appeal-court-rules-on-bail-act-murder-accused-can-now-apply-for-bail/?fbclid=IwAR1EU4rAilIcNbu2bOC3jfk1lsxW1C57N74BVuRsSUzRfD9e-xG8JrtI0jI

Judge to rule on August 8 after CEPEP attorneys challenge jurisdiction
“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“

Pandemic Hits Law Clerks Hard
“Those that are still alive, healthy and strong are finding it difficult to get work. I’m speaking about a class of workers that before the pandemic was crucial to having a functioning legal office. They are legal clerks, also called law clerks…” Read more