06 July

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Tobago Chamber reveals wishlist for next government

The Tobago Business Chamber is calling for the repeal of the foreign investment act as a means of boosting economic activity on the island, post covid19. The chamber’s chairman, Martin George, made the call in a Whatsapp voicenote on Friday as the organisation welcomed the government’s decision to hold the general election on August 10. The Prime Minister announced the date on Friday in the Parliament “The Tobago Business Chamber supports a shorter and less hectic election season because we think that the longer it drags on, the more disruptive it is for business and we definitely are happy that the time frame...

03 July

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THA looks to cut foreign investment red tape

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THERE is a need for Tobago to attract foreign direct investment, according to Finance Secretary Joel Jack. The secretary said the Division of Finance and the Economy is developing a medium-term strategy that will attract investment to the island. Jack was speaking at Wednesday’s post Executive Council media briefing at Victor E Bruce Financial Complex in Scarborough. Jack said: “I have been working with the Minister of Finance to see how best we can treat with all the administrative bottlenecks, the bottlenecks in the processing of the land licence regime. A number of the investors, they don’t have a challenge with the land...

30 June

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Parkin v Norman; Valentine v Lilley

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All England Law Reports/1982/Volume 2 /Parkin v Norman; Valentine v Lilley - [1982] 2 All ER 583 [1982] 2 All ER 583 Parkin v Norman; Valentine v Lilley QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION DONALDSON LJ AND MCCULLOUGH J 23 FEBRUARY, 10 MARCH 1982 Public order – Offensive conduct conducive to breaches of peace – Threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour – Insulting – Nature of insulting behaviour – Homosexual activity in public lavatory – Accused making homosexual advances to plain clothes police officer – Accused's behaviour not observed by anyone else – Whether accused using 'insulting behaviour … likely' to occasion breach of peace – Whether likelihood...

30 June

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Dolly Kendall And Others v Mohamed Khan Det Corporal No 7307

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West Indian Reports/Volume 26 /Dolly Kendall And Others v Mohamed Khan Det Corporal No 7307 -(1979) 26 WIR 433 (1979) 26 WIR 433 Dolly Kendall And Others v Mohamed Khan Det Corporal No 7307 HIGH COURT OF THE FULL COURT OF GUYANA CRANE CJ AND COLLINS J 21ST SEPTEMBER 1979 Summary conviction offence – Public insult and provocation – Guyana national anthem – Refusal of cinema goers to stand up when national anthem being played – Whether such refusal insult to police officer – Whether police officer insulted and provoked in a manner likely to result in commission of breach of peace – Summary Jurisdiction (Offences)...

30 June

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CRIMINAL LAW – Offensive behaviour: the police officer as Victim

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Law Society Gazette/1989/Issue 1, January/Articles/CRIMINAL LAW - Offensive behaviour: the police officer as Victim - (1989) LS Gaz, 5 Jan, 86 (14) LAW SOCIETY GAZETTE (1989) LS Gaz, 5 Jan, 86 (14) 5 January 1989 CRIMINAL LAW - Offensive behaviour: the police officer as Victim John Marston, solicitor, senior lecturer, school of law, Leicester Polytechnic COPYRIGHT (c) 1989 THE LAW SOCIETY John Marston In DPP v Orum [1988] 3 All ER 449, the Divisional Court confirmed the view of most commentators that s.5 of the Public Order Act 1986 can properly be applied to situations involving police officers but no members of the general public save for the...

30 June

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Court of Appeal: The Admissibility of Identification Evidence Made on the Basis of Recognition from Photographs Taken at a Crime Scene R v Doherty [2016] EWCA Crim 246

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Journal of Criminal Law/2016, Volume 80/Issue 4, August/Case Notes/Court of Appeal: The Admissibility of Identification Evidence Made on the Basis of Recognition from Photographs Taken at a Crime Scene R v Doherty [2016] EWCA Crim 246 - JCL 80 (234) Journal of Criminal Law JCL 80 (234) 1 August 2016 Court of Appeal: The Admissibility of Identification Evidence Made on the Basis of Recognition from Photographs Taken at a Crime Scene R v Doherty [2016] EWCA Crim 246 Adam Jackson © The Author(s) Keywords: ID evidence, recognition, Turnbull guidelines, photographs, police officers The appellant (D) was charged with three domestic burglaries, each of which took place in early December...

30 June

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REGINA v. TURNBULL AND ANOTHER REGINA v. WHITBY REGINA v. ROBERTS

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ICLR: King's/Queen's Bench Division/1977/REGINA v. TURNBULL AND ANOTHER REGINA v. WHITBY REGINA v. ROBERTS - [1977] Q.B. 224 [1977] Q.B. 224 [COURT OF APPEAL] REGINA v. TURNBULL AND ANOTHER REGINA v. WHITBY REGINA v. ROBERTS 1976 July 6, 7; 9 Lord Widgery C.J., Roskill and Lawton L.JJ., Cusack and May JJ. Crime - Summing up - Evidence of identity - Prosecution's case solely or substantially evidence of identification - Defence of mistaken identity - Quality of evidence - Guidelines to be followed in summing up - Whether case to be withdrawn from jury Whenever a case against a defendant depends wholly or substantially on the correctness of...

30 June

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R v Pemberton

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R v Pemberton (1993) 99 Cr App Rep 228 Court: CA Judgment Date: 15/10/1993 Catchwords & Digest CRIMINAL LAW, EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE - TRIAL - DIRECTION TO JURY - ALIBI EVIDENCE - WITNESS GIVING EVIDENCE OF BEING WITH ACCUSED AT TIME OF OFFENCE - WITNESS DISCLOSING IN CROSS-EXAMINATION THAT UNABLE TO RECOLLECT WHICH NIGHT WAS IN QUESTION - IDENTIFICATION EVIDENCE - WHETHER JUDGE OUGHT TO HAVE DIRECTED JURY ON ALIBI EVIDENCE The appellant was charged with robbery following an incident in which money was stolen from a mini-cab driver by a man who absconded. The mini-cab driver picked the appellant out of an identification parade. The...

30 June

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R v Dean Gibbons [2008] EWCA Crim 1574

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Neutral Citation Number: [2008] EWCA Crim 1574 No. 2007/04793/C1 IN THE COURT OF APPEAL CRIMINAL DIVISION Royal Courts of Justice The Strand London WC2A 2LL Date: Thursday 10 July 2008 B e f o r e: LORD JUSTICE HOOPER MRS JUSTICE COX DBE and THE RECORDER OF NOTTINGHAM (Sitting as a Judge of the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - R E G I N A - v - DEAN GIBBONS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Computer Aided Transcription by Wordwave International Ltd (a Merrill...

22 June

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Francis Fraser, Robert Warren

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*160 Francis Fraser, Robert Warren Court of Criminal Appeal 5 November 1956 (1956) 40 Cr. App. R. 160 Lord Chief Justice , Mr. Justice Hallett and Mr. Justice Ashworth November 5, 1956 Evidence—Hostile Witness—Evidence in Contradiction of Previous Statement Held by Prosecution—Duty of Prosecuting Counsel. Where a Crown witness gives evidence on oath in direct contradiction of a previous statement made by him which is *161 in the possession of the prosecution, it is the duty of counsel for the prosecution at once to show the statement to the judge and ask the judge's leave to cross-examine the witness as hostile. Applications for leave to appeal against conviction. The...

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