By Emmanuel Joseph
A local advocacy group has asked the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to rule on some recommendations that would expand protection for current and past victims of domestic violence.
The recommendations submitted on Wednesday to the CCJ by Anya Lorde, the lawyer for Operation Safe Space (OSS), came as the Trinidad-based court delivered a ruling in favour of a
The end of a relationship will not prevent a former partner from obtaining a protection order. Yesterday the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) handed down a ruling that reversed a decision where the mother of a two-year-old son had been turned down for a protection order against the child’s father because they were no longer together. As a consequence of the decision, Attorney General Dale Marshall said the CCJ had …
ELECTION APPEAL CASE ADJOURNED AFTER ‘GRAVE’ SUBMISSIONS BY LAWYERS FOR AG, PRESIDENT
The lawyer representing a citizen’s challenge of the conduct of the January 19, 2022 general election has been given additional time to respond to submissions that Chief Justice Sir Patterson Cheltenham said could “bomb his application out of existence”.
Lalu Hanuman will return to the Court of Appeal on April
By Shamar Blunt
Founder of Action for Animals Barbados Gail Hunte says punishment for animal abuse needs to be tougher to serve as a deterrent to would-be offenders.
She said light sentences like that given to a man earlier this week after he admitted to mistreating his dog did not demonstrate that animal abuse in Barbados would be dealt with seriously.
Davino Shakell
Not good enough in 2023.
That was the sentiment of animal rights activists from the public gallery of Supreme Court 5, as the Chief Magistrate presided over the case of animal cruelty-accused Davino Howard and rendered his "zero sentence".