AN ex-Lt Commander of the Coast Guard is challenging a decision by his commanding officer and the Chief of Defence Staff to charge him for alleged damage to a patrol vessel in 2021. On Wednesday, Justice Karen Reid-Ballantyne granted leave to the commissioned officer as well as ordered a stay of a military court martial
THREE former Defence Force trainees who had hoped to join scores of their colleagues at Saturday’s passing out parade, but were discharged early because they allegedly failed police polygraph tests, have received the court’s permission to pursue their judicial review claim.
A WARRANT officer class II of the TT Regiment has received the court’s permission to challenge the failure of his commanding officer to correct an error which is hindering his promotional prospects.
A High Court judge has described as “unfortunate” the failure by representatives of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) to appear before him in the judicial review claim of a Carenage man who hopes to enlist before he turns 25 in June.
A day after a murder accused received the court’s permission to challenge the failure by police to send the file on the investigation to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for his prosecution and so he can apply for bail, the file was sent.