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Government has signalled its intention to appeal recent decisions in which accused men were awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation after the courts found their constitutional rights were infringed.This was made clear on Friday by Attorney General Dale Marshall who said the State will challenge the rulings of Justices Cecil McCarthy and Cicely Chase who awarded Pedro Ellis and Larry Patrick Agard a combined $155 000.Justice Chase awarded Agard $95 000 for the 14-year delay in having his matter heard, while Justice McCarthy awarded murder accused Agard $60 000 after he ruled th...

President of the Barbados Bar Association Rosalind Smith-Millar has joined the chorus of calls for court cases to be dealt with in a timely manner. However, she warned, all cases are different and cannot be held to the same timeline.Speaking on the recent decision by Justice Cicely-Chase to award murder accused Larry Patrick Agard $95 000 in compensation for the 14-year delay in having his matter heard, Smith-Millar agreed that such a significant delay was unacceptable.She told Barbados TODAY, the justice system needed to be more efficient.However, she suggested that all cases were different a...

A civil court judge has called for strict timelines to be set for hearing all criminal matters as she awarded a murder accused $95 000 for the 14-year delay in having his matter heard, and ruled that his case should be dismissed.Madam Justice Cicely Chase Q.C. ruled on Tuesday that Larry Patrick Agard’s right to a trial within a reasonable time had been infringed and, as such, awarded him $85 000 in damages as compensation along with $10 000 for vindicatory breach.Her decision was based on the fact that while Agard was charged for the June 8, 2006 murder of Marville John and was committed to...