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Shame on you, NWRHA
“Among hospital horror stories, the case of Katherine Akum Lum stands out for its gut-wrenching awfulness…” Read more
Regiment ordered to promote soldier, compensate him
“A soldier who challenged the failure of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) to promote him to the rank of sergeant, forcing him to retire from the TT Regiment in August, will be compensated for the unreasonable, irrational, and unlawful decision…” Read more
Big Money Compensation for Hijab WPC
“SPECIAL Reserve Police (SRP) officer Sharon Roop, who won her right last November to wear her hijab while in uniform, has been awarded $185,000 by the High Court for breach of her Constitutional rights…” Read more
High Court: DPP’s failure to respond to FOIA ‘unacceptable’
“The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) came in for a tongue-lashing by the High Court for failing to respond to a request from a former murder accused…” Read more
Vendor threatens to sue State over refusal to allow Venezuelan wife to give him kidney
“A 53-year-old market vendor from Rousillac has threatened to sue the State over a health authority’s refusal to allow his 28-year-old Venezuelan wife to donate a kidney to him…” Read more
Court action against Belizean government over electoral boundaries
“Trinidadian attorney and his Belizean client determined to not let an “illegal” election proceed…” Read more
Court of Appeal rules 2017 Property Tax Mandatory Data Collection was Illegal and Unconstitutional
“The Court of Appeal has ruled that the Government’s brief move to implement a mandatory data collection exercise for the implementation of property tax in 2017 was illegal and breached citizens’ constitutional rights…” Read more
State to compensate Inshan Ishmael for bad gun case, charges
“A HIGH COURT judge has found the police acted maliciously and without cause when they arrested and laid charges against businessman and broadcaster Inshan Ishmael in 2017…” 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
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
State to compensate ex-Equal Opportunity Commission CEO for breaches of her rights
“A HIGH Court judge has ordered the State to compensate the former CEO of the Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC) for a breach of the rules of natural justice by the Attorney General (AG) after her contract was not renewed in 2021…” Read more
Egg on Govt’s face
“The Vincent Nelson debacle that has now exploded in the Government’s face demands nothing less than a thorough investigation into the Rowley administration’s involvement with the disgraced attorney,…” Read more