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The Court of Appeal has reserved its decision in a matter related to a citizen’s challenge of the conduct of the last general election. Chief Justice Sir Patterson Cheltenham said on Wednesday that the panel will at a later date rule on whether it will strike out the grounds of appeal filed by attorney-at-law Lalu Hanuman against a High Court judge’s
ELECTION APPEAL CASE ADJOURNED AFTER ‘GRAVE’ SUBMISSIONS BY LAWYERS FOR AG, PRESIDENT The lawyer representing a citizen’s challenge of the conduct of the January 19, 2022 general election has been given additional time to respond to submissions that Chief Justice Sir Patterson Cheltenham said could “bomb his application out of existence”. Lalu Hanuman will return to the Court of Appeal on April
The High Court has granted an interim injunction in favour of surgeon Dr Sahle Griffith which prevents the authorities from charging him criminally in the death of Warren Mottley, brother of Prime Minister Mia Mottley.This latest move follows Coroner Graveney Bannister’s ruling in late December 2022 that Dr Griffith and anesthesiologist Dr Nigel Farnum were negligent in Mottley’s death.After two days of legal arguments by the parties involved, Justice Barry Carrington on Tuesdayhanded down his verdict in the preliminary matter which is in place pending the outcome of a judicial review of C...
The Barbados Court of Appeal has reserved judgment in the constitutional motion brought against Attorney General Dale Marshall challenging the composition of the Senate following the 2022 General Elections.The appellate panel comprising Chief Justice Sir Patterson Cheltenham and Justices Jefferson Cumberbatch and Rejendra Narine heard arguments on Thursday from counsel for respondent Marshall and claimant Adriel Brathwaite, a former Attorney General under the Democratic Labour Party (DLP).Through his attorney Garth Patterson, KC, Brathwaite is contending that when President Dame Sandra Mason...
Barbados Police has confirmed that lawmen are seeking assistance from their involving the former deputy speaker of Parliament, Neil Rowe.