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 …
The judicial review of Magistrate Graveney Bannister’s decision in his Coroner’s Inquest into the death of Warren Mottley has been adjourned until next month. When it resumes, Magistrate Bannister is expected to face cross-examination from the legal team representing Dr Sahle Griffith. It was on December 23, last year, that Magistrate Bannister found that the conduct of the two doctors who treated Mottley amounted to a criminal act. In addition …
Two former female wards of the Government Industrial School (GIS) have been granted a combined $210,000 in damages for breaches to their constitutional rights. Additionally, the section of the law under which they were charged and incarcerated for ‘wandering’ was struck down as unconstitutional.This was contained in a 37-page ruling delivered on Tuesday by High Court Justice Westmin James. The girls, identified only as A.B. and C.D. because they are minors, had filed an application in 2022 through their attorney seeking redress for a contravention of their fundamental rights and freedoms while in the State’s care at the juvenile reform school.“This case raises extremely important issues, namely whether the continued criminalisation of children and their detention pursuant to Section 14 (1) b of the Reformatory and Industrial Schools Act Cap 169 of the Laws of Barbados for the offence of ‘wandering’ is consistent with the Constitution of Barbados,” the judge stated.“It a
Dale Andrew White’s criminal convictions increased to 65 on Monday after he admitted to three drug offences.
However, the 48-year-old resident of Bonnetts, Brittons Hill, St Michael described the offences on his rap sheet as “little petty things”, telling Magistrate Graveney Bannister that he had never been charged with major offences like murder or rape.
White made the comments as he addressed