In what is being described as a landmark decision, the High Court has ruled that Government cannot unilaterally make changes to the General Orders governing employment. In a two-part civil suit brought by nine teachers against the Ministry of Education back in 2017, the educators claimed that there was a unilateral change in their terms and conditions “occasioned by the suspension, termination or discontinuation of the grant of one term’s …
A major section of the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act which placed a “reverse burden of proof” on an accused has been deemed unconstitutional by a high court judge. And with that decision, one of the men in a 2018 high profile drug case will not have to face judge and jury. “The provisions of Section 42(1) of the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act operate so as to …
There was another adjournment yesterday when the judicial review of Magistrate Graveney Bannister’s decision in his Coroner’s Inquest into the death of Warren Mottley came up for hearing in the No. 6 Supreme Court. This time the adjournment was to allow lead attorneys to iron out issues “pertinent to the resolution to the application for judicial review”, said Justice Shona Griffith. It was on December 23, last year, that Magistrate …
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The bid by Irish millionaire John Paul McManus to have the Coroner’s Inquest into his wife Emma McManus’ death at their palatial Sandy Lane home halted by the High Court, has failed. Ruling that the inquest can continue, Justice Shona Griffith found that allegations of bias by McManus towards Coroner Graveney Bannister were misconceived. In addition, she has left it up to the coroner to decide if he will hold …