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Procedural issue with lawsuit:
by
Derek Achong
The Court of Appeal has suggested that attorneys for the State and a Strategic Services Agency (SSA) employee, who was injured after falling on the job, engage in discussions as she can no longer pursue a lawsuit over the incident due to a procedural issue. Appellate Judges Nolan Bereaux and Charmaine Pemberton gave the suggestion yesterday as they dismissed Candice Hoyte’s appeal over a trial judge’s refusal to allow her pursue her lawsuit against the SSA.
Monday 8 March 2021
THE COURT of Appeal is expected to give a decision on whether the government’s spy agency, the Strategic Services Agency (SSA), can be sued in its own right.
Justices of Appeal Nolan Bereaux and Charmaine Pemberton will give their decision on April 23 in a procedural appeal brought by SSA employee Candice Hoyte.
Hoyte’s challenge of her contract with the SSA was struck out by a High Court judge, who agreed with the State that the SSA was not capable of being sued, as it was not a corporate body under the legislation.
However, Hoyte’s attorney Douglas Mendes, SC, argued that the legal authorities on the issue say the legislation – in this case the SSA Act – did not have to declare it a corporate body or capable of being sued, but the court can infer such.