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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
Court told to hear appeal on open air cremations
“A legal victory was achieved yesterday with the Court of Appeal ruling that the ban on open air pyre cremations of Covid-19 victims must return to the High Court for urgent hearing…” 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
Businessman, wife win challenge over $1m held under Proceeds of Crime Act
“A Central businessman and his wife are to receive compensation from the State after they successfully appealed a judge’s dismissal of their challenge of a magistrate’s order to detain over $1 million…” Read more
Judge slams public service’s archaic methods
https://newsday.co.tt/2024/11/11/judge-slams-public-services-archaic-methods/
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
Mother of child attacked by dog sends legal letter to owner
“THE family of three-year-old Jalil Naidoo, who suffered severe injuries from a dog attack on Monday, has retained former AG Anand Ramlogan’s Freedom Law Chambers…” 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
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
Members club sues BIR over gaming tax
“A members club has sued the Board of Inland Revenue (BIR) over its failure to provide reasons for rejecting its objection to having to pay gaming tax for six months before it opened in 2014…” Read more
Court awards $1.6m to ex-Equal Opportunity Commission CEO over contract non-renewal
“The High Court has awarded over $1.6 million in damages to former Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC) CEO Devanty Maraj-Ramdeen after ruling that the Office of the Attorney General failed to give her a fair chance to respond before deciding not to renew her contract in 2021…Read more“
Health Ministry faces lawsuit for allowing facility to stay open
“The family of a man who died while housed at the Transformed Life Ministries Rehabilitation Centre last year, is considering suing the Ministry of Health for its alleged negligence in allowing the facility to be operated…” Read more