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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

Court rules in favour of public health inspector over vacation leave
A career public servant who challenged civil service regulations restricting the annual leave of a public officer charged with indiscipline or misconduct has won her lawsuit against the State… Read more

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

Policeman wins promotion lawsuit
“…The Police Promotion Advisory Board (PPAB) has been ordered to immediately consider Constable Ramdath Phillip, of the Southern Division, for promotion…” 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

Judge strikes down police standing orders on destroying pocket, station diaries
“A HIGH Court judge has struck out two standing orders of the police service which deal with how long officers can keep their pocket diaries and station diaries…” 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

Cummings: I was asked to withdraw from university due to oversight of not referencing quotations
“Minister of Youth Development and National Service Foster Cummings has responded to claims that he was banned from pursuing postgraduate studies at a university because of plagiarism…” 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

Mom’s pelvic area washed with lye after hysterectomy at hospital
“As a single and independent mother, Katherine Akum Lum was living her best life. She loved her job as a building designer and project manager and was very successful. Akum Lum, at age 51, was providing a good and happy life for her son. She had also found love again after surviving domestic violence in her relationship…” 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

Coast Guard stops police legal adviser on boat with 13 people
“Coast Guard officers intercepted a pleasure craft with 14 people on board last Thursday including the head of the police legal unit…” Read more