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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

Former WPC gets $1.6m for fall
“A FORMER police officer has been awarded more than $1.5 million in compensation after she was injured in a fall at a police station in the Western Division in 2007…” Read more

DIC settles with ex-GM before lawsuit goes to trial
“THE Deposit Insurance Corporation (DIC) has agreed to settle with its former general manager Arjoon Harripaul, bringing an end to his wrongful termination lawsuit…” 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

Shame on you, NWRHA
“Among hospital horror stories, the case of Katherine Akum Lum stands out for its gut-wrenching awfulness…” Read more

‘Lower your voice’: Protesting granny detained by police
“A Barrackpore resident was detained by police during day two of protest action over the poor road conditions at Rees Road on Tuesday…” Read more

Newsday columnist, prison reform activist: ‘My memories of Akili Charles’
“NEWSDAY columnist and prison reform activist Debbie Jacob interviewed Akili Charles last Thursday on the landmark court ruling that people charged with murder have the right to apply for bail. It was his case against the State which paved the way for this historic ruling…” Read more

A blow for advocacy
“Mr Charles was an advocate for something very specific: the right of people accused of wrongdoing to be free. But what matters even more is the fact that he was an advocate at all… 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“

Judge orders police to return cash to San Juan businessman after seizure
“Cash seized by the police pursuant to criminal investigations must be returned to their owners in the currencies they were taken…” 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

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