06 March

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Permission to challenge Deyalsingh

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Over 3,000 nurses have been granted leave to challenge the Health Minister’s decision to appoint selected members to the Nursing Council before any elected members were appointed. They were also granted permission to seek declarations that the decision of the minister to appoint David Murphy as a member of the council. The nurses were given permission to challenge the minister by Justice Devindra Rampersad. They are seeking several declarations which also ask the court to find that the minister’s decision to allow his six selected members to elect a president of the council and an executive when there are no other...

06 March

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TUCO Meets With Tobago Festivals Commission

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06 March

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TUCO Tobago Threatens To Sue

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26 February

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LES COTEAUX MAN DENIED BAIL…

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LES COTEAUX MAN DENIED BAIL IN CARIBBEAN JEWELLERS ROBBERY A 26-year-old man of Les Coteaux, Tobago, appeared in the Scarborough Magistrates Court on Friday, charged with the robbery of Caribbean Jewellers Lowlands Branch. The incident allegedly occurred Monday around 12 pm. Alveion Nurse aka "Crime Boss," of Providence Road, stood before Magistrate Dwayne Murray in the Scarborough First Court, charged with three counts of robbery with aggravation. The court heard that Nurse allegedly robbed four employees of Caribbean Jewellers located inside the Lowlands Mall at gunpoint, making away with $1,244,164 worth of jewelry—17 gold 10k bangles valued $107,800; nine gold 10k jingles valued...

20 February

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DALLISON v. CAFFERY. [1961 D. No. 1575.]

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ICLR: King's/Queen's Bench Division/1965/Volume 1/DALLISON v. CAFFERY. [1961 D. No. 1575.] - [1965] 1 Q.B. 348 [1965] 1 Q.B. 348 [COURT OF APPEAL] DALLISON v. CAFFERY. [1961 D. No. 1575.] 1964 April 8, 9, 10, 13. Lord Denning M.R., Danckwerts and Diplock L.JJ. Arrest - Detention in custody - Constable, powers of - Duty to act reasonably - Power to arrest on suspicion - Power to take arrested person for reasonable investigation of suspected crime before delivery to police station and magistrates for committal. Malicious prosecution - Reasonable and probable cause - Question for jury - Honest belief - Question of honest belief in accused person's guilt...

20 February

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Berry (Linton) v R

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Berry (Linton) v R JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL LORD KEITH OF KINKEL, LORD ROSKILL, LORD ACKNER, LORD JAUNCEY OF TULLICHETTLE AND LORD LOWRY 29, 30 JANUARY, 4 FEBRUARY, 15 JUNE 1992 Criminal evidence – Prosecution evidence – Disclosure to defence – Statements by crucial prosecution witnesses not disclosed to defence – Significant discrepancies between evidence in court and statements – Discrepancies not brought to attention of defence – Witness’s evidence in court not foreshadowed at preliminary inquiry – Material irregularity Criminal evidence – Character evidence – Relevance to credibility – Failure of trial judge to bring relevance to attention of jury – Defence...

20 February

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Baksh_v_R_[1958]_AC_167,_[1958]_2_WLR_536

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Baksh v R [1958] AC 167, [1958] 2 WLR 536, 102 Sol Jo 228 Court: PC Judgment Date: circa 1958 Catchwords & Digest CRIMINAL LAW, EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE - APPEALS - APPEAL TO THE COURT OF APPEAL FOLLOWING TRIAL ON INDICTMENT - VENIRE DE NOVO AND RETRIAL - WHETHER POWER TO ORDER NEW TRIAL -- FRESH EVIDENCE Appellant and his co-accused (who had each relied on an alibi) having been convicted of murder, both appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeal of British Guiana, who permitted to be produced and proved on the hearing of the appeal statements, which had not been available at the trial,...

20 February

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481.__Disclosure_or_advance_notification_by_

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Halsbury's Laws of England/CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (VOLUME 27 (2010), PARAS 1-451; VOLUME 28 (2010), PARAS 452-962)/10. EVIDENCE AND WITNESSES/(5) ADVANCE INFORMATION AND DISCLOSURE/(i) Introduction/481. Disclosure or advance notification by the defendant. Disclosure or advance notification by the defendant. The defendant is not required to disclose any evidence or material that may be damaging to his own case or of assistance to the prosecution case, nor is he required to disclose evidence that may assist the case of any other defendant1. At common law, the defendant was not required to give any advance notice or disclosure of evidence on which he proposed to...

20 February

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480.__General_principles_of_fair_disclosure_

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Halsbury's Laws of England/CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (VOLUME 27 (2010), PARAS 1-451; VOLUME 28 (2010), PARAS 452-962)/10. EVIDENCE AND WITNESSES/(5) ADVANCE INFORMATION AND DISCLOSURE/(i) Introduction/480. General principles of fair disclosure to the defendant. (5) ADVANCE INFORMATION AND DISCLOSURE (i) Introduction General principles of fair disclosure to the defendant. Criminal Procedure Rules1 may make, with respect to proceedings against any person for a prescribed offence or an offence of any prescribed class, provision2: (1) for requiring the prosecutor to do such things as may be prescribed for the purpose of securing that the defendant or a person representing him is furnished with, or can...

20 February

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Errol Arthurton v The Queen [2004] UKPC 25

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Arthurton v R (British Virgin Islands) [2004] UKPC 25 (27 May 2004) Privy Council Appeal No. 67 of 2003 Errol Arthurton Appellant v. The Queen Respondent FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS --------------- JUDGMENT OF THE LORDS OF THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL, Delivered the 27th May 2004 ------------------ Present at the hearing:- Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead Lord Hope of Craighead Lord Rodger of Earlsferry Sir Swinton Thomas Dame Sian Elias [Delivered by Dame Sian Elias] ------------------ Errol Arthurton appeals by special leave from a decision of the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal (British Virgin Islands) (Singh, Redhead JJA and Georges JJA (Ag), 15 July 2002) dismissing his appeal against conviction on...

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