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 …
Following decades of failed political promises, the court s ruling sends a strong message that the outdated wandering legislation must be taken off the books.