An independent umbrella of human rights organisations operating in the small islands of the eastern Caribbean has concluded that LGBTQ Vincentians face greater vulnerability following the High Court ruling on a same sex case last week Friday February, 16,2024. The Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality (ECADE) said in a statement issued from Saint Lucia, that the High Court’s extraordinary ruling undermines the rights of LGBTQ+ people in St …
A mentally-ill man who stabbed his father to death while he lay in bed with his grandson, has been sentenced to be detained in prison at the court’s pleasure, with a review after five years.
A YOUNG MAN who hit his father over the head multiple times with a hoe, killing him, and then dragged and buried his body in a field, will spend a total of 16 years in prison. While sentencing Keron Samuel on Friday, September 23, High Court Judge, Brian Cottle put on record the series of events that led up to the murder that shocked residents of Evesham. It was October …
The government’s mandate requiring vaccination of front-line workers will not see scrutiny by the court, but the rule deeming unvaccinated front-line workers as absent from duty without leave will. This was included in the rulings of Justice Esco Henry who announced her deliberations on the application for leave to seek judicial review of actions regarding Public Health (Public Bodies Special Measures) Rules 2021, also known as Statutory Rules and Orders …