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Judge: Fired SSA director’s rights were infringed
“FIRED director of the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) Bisnath Maharaj has won his constitutional claim against the State for his dismissal from the agency in 2015…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

Jacob in the dark about TTPS release
“Acting Police Commissioner McDonald Jacob said last night he was in the dark over a news release issued by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), inviting the media to a news conference today with “Mr McDonald Jacob” and “Mr Gary Griffith”…” 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

ANAND SC V RAMESH SC IN BATTLE OF FORMER ATTORNEYS GENERAL OVER ACTING TOP COP APPOINTMENT, SUSPENSION
“WHILE former Attorney General Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj SC is representing Gary Griffith in preparations to file an application for judicial review against the Police Service Commission (PolSC) to rescind his suspension as…” Read more

Don’t Destroy
“Legal action is being taken to prevent destruction of the contentious Darryl Smith sex scandal report…” Read more

AG claims the file went missing
“If, as the AG claims the file went missing, I’d like the attorneys representing the state, Karen Reid-Ballantyne and Amrita Ramsook to explain what file they used to present such a weak defence on behalf of the people of Trinidad and Tobago.” Read more

State to pay 2 women for illegal quarantine
“THE State now has to fork out more than $.2 million to pay two women who were under State-supervised quarantine in 2020, having been suspected of contracting Covid-19 but turned out to be negative…” 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 Commission (PSC) and the Office of the Attorney General…” 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

Widow wins $.5M lawsuit over cop’s handling of dangerous driving case
“Over a decade after her husband was killed in a car crash, which left her and her two young sons injured, a widow from south Trinidad has won a landmark lawsuit over the police’s handling of the case against the truck driver, who caused the accident…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