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The learned judge erred, made contradictory findings, Gov t argues in SOE appeal
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Newly minted Senator Peter Bunting is congratulated by Leader of Government Business Kamina Johnson Smith moments after he was sworn in at Gordon House in Kingston yesterday. Bunting will also serve as leader of opposition business. The Andrew Holness administration is challenging the Supreme Court’s ruling that the detention of five men under the states of emergency (SOE) was unconstitutional. Speaking in the Senate yesterday, Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Kamina Johnson Smith revealed yesterday that the Government had taken steps to appeal the court’s decision. Her comments came during debate on the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act, 2020 and the Evidence (Amendment) Act, 2020. Debate was later suspended to be continued and concluded in January 2021.
With the recent retirement of Justice C. Dennis Morrison OJ, CD, QC, as president of the Court of Appeal, another distinguished judge, Justice Patrick Brooks, whose judgments are reliably hailed as “impressive” and “full and careful”, has been appointed to succeed him.
I wish to acknowledge the singular contribution made by Justice Morrison as one of the Caribbean’s most respected and eminent jurists. He was one of the region’s best civil litigators before joining the Bench. He is one of the longest-serving and most beloved legal educators, and many of us owe some of who we are today, professionally, to his encouragement, guidance, compassion, and wonderful example.