What’s in place for Tobago asks Martin George
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Continue readingWith days to go before Finance Minister Colm Imbert delivers the 2019/2020 fiscal package, many people are putting out their wish list and the Tobago Business Chamber is no different. On Friday Chairman Martin George said one of the new and innovative ideas the Government should consider is the establishment of a Sea Plane Service between Port-of-Spain and Scarborough. “Which is only for business persons and persons traveling for a one day trip to Tobago.” He said it could be a 20 minutes flight with no luggage allowed. He explained that this was essential for business between both islands. As it relates to the...
Continue readingPresident of the Tobago Chamber of Commerce Martin George has challenged new Indian High Commissioner to TT Arun Kumar Sahu to establish to a sub-office on the island. "I would like to see the High Commissioner of India become the first diplomatic mission accredited to Trinidad and Tobago which opens a sub-office in Tobago," George said in brief remarks on Wednesday, at a cocktail reception to welcome Sahu to Tobago at the Magdalena Grand Beach & Golf Resort, Lowlands. "There is tremendous potential for that, tremendous potential for cultural exchanges, business exchanges, development of business ideas in Tobago." He added it will serve...
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Continue readingA HIGH COURT judge is advocating a speedy resolution to the impasse currently facing the Nursing Council since the registration of nurses and the holding of examinations can be affected. On Monday, Justice Frank Seepersad urged the Health Minister to make his six appointments to the council expeditiously so that there can be a legitimate quorum in order to protect and preserve the position of nurses who were registered after the life of the council’s executive came to an end in April. He also issued an interim order that the minister’s appointments was not contingent upon the election of the nine...
Continue readingDESPITE Chief Justice Ivor Archie’s staunch defence of his stewardship at the ceremonial opening of the law term on Monday, attorney Martin George begs to differ and believes there is still a prevailing sentiment in various quarters that all is not well in the Judiciary. “It appears that notwithstanding all that has been said and done, the perception persists that all is not well in the state of Denmark,” George told Newsday. He said the onus was on “responsible professionals” within the judicial and legal circles to uphold the standards of the fraternity so as to avoid public mistrust. “It behooves us...
Continue readingTwo attorneys and a political analyst have expressed mixed views over Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s decision not to speak on the allegations that she alerted Marlene McDonald to the fact that she would have been arrested by police. Persad-Bissessar told a UNC political meeting on Wednesday that the matter was sub judice, as her reason for not wanting to speak further on the matter. Attorney Martin George, however, did not agree with Persad-Bissessar’s stance. “If it is that there has been an ancillary matter raised in relation to the question of the leaking of information and persons being either tipped-off or notified beforehand,...
Continue readingCitation: JM 2013 CA 68 Title: CAMPBELL v. R Country: Jamaica Court: Court of Appeal Suit No.: Criminal Appeal 16 of 2011 Judge(s): Harris, P. (Ag.); Dukharan, J.A.; Brooks, J.A. Date: June 21, 2013 Subject: Criminal Law Subsubject: Uttering a forged document – Appeal against conviction – Whether no case submission ought to have been upheld. Appearances: Anthony Pearson for the appellant. Dirk Harrison and Miss Yanique Gardener for the Crown. DUKHARAN, J.A.: [1] The appellant was indicted in the Resident Magistrate's Court for the Corporate Area, holden at Half Way Tree, on a charge of uttering a forged document. He was tried and convicted and on 13 December 2010, fined the...
Continue readingICLR: Appeal Cases/1961/WELHAM APPELLANT; AND DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS RESPONDENT. - [1961] A.C. 103 [1961] A.C. 103 [HOUSE OF LORDS.] WELHAM APPELLANT; AND DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS RESPONDENT. 1960 Feb. 22, 23, 24, 25; Mar. 24. LORD RADCLIFFE, LORD TUCKER, LORD KEITH OF AVONHOLM, LORD DENNING and LORD MORRIS OF BORTH-Y-GEST. Crime - Fraud - "Intent to defraud" - Forgery - Uttering forged documents with intent to defraud - Whether economic loss necessary - Forgery Act, 1913 (3 & 4 Geo. 5, c. 27), ss. 4 (1), 6. Statute - Construction - Meaning of word - Contemporary usage - Established legal interpretation before passing of Act -...
Continue readingWest Indian Reports/Volume 49 /Milton (Audley) v R - (1996) 49 WIR 306 (1996) 49 WIR 306 Milton (Audley) v R JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL LORD GOFF OF CHIEVELEY, LORD JAUNCEY OF TULLICHETTLE, LORD LLOYD OF BERWICK, LORD HOFFMANN AND LORD COOKE OF THORNDON 24 JUNE, 9 JULY 1996 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 - Conviction based on evidence quashed At the trial of the appellant for murder, two witnesses gave evidence on behalf...
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