St Kitts & Nevis: Couple in leaked sex tape wins court case against police
From winnfm 98.9 St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): The couple whose private sex tape was released to the public by police officers has been awarded $500,000 in damages- $350,000 for the female and $150,000 for the male. The matter was…
T&T PM fires housing minister
By Azad Ali With just six months into the new Trinidad and Tobago government Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has fired his Housing and Urban Development Minister Marlene McDonald from his Cabinet. McDonald is one of the ruling People’s National…
Jamaica: House Committee serves DPP another blow
Inside parliament with Balford Henry From Jamaica Observer Sunday, December 06, 2015 Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn’s faint hope of a select committee of Parliament siding with her in the row with INDECOM Commissioner Terrence Williams over the…
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Warner files judicial review to block extradition on corruption charges
From CARIBBEAN360 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Sunday November 29, 2015 – Corruption accused Jack Warner has filed an application for judicial review, challenging his extradition to the United States. Warner, through his attorneys Senior Counsel Fyard Hosein, Rishi Dass, Nyree…
The Editor Speaks: Why do we need outside help to resolve our legal problems?
It has always been a surprise to me that it seems every time we have a legal problem, both the Attorney General and the Solicitor General seek outside help. Between 2010 and 2013 over $1.5M was spent paying outside legal…
Open letter from Anthony Astaphan SC to Mondaq
21st September, 2015 Mr Charles Aspinwall Mondaq London Office Dear Sir, I am instructed by the Honourable Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda and the Attorney General on behalf of the Cabinet of Antigua and Barbuda with regard…
Some folks do have all the luck
By David Walker From Caribbean360 SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, Thursday August 14, 2014 – In my early days of work, I had a colleague who was fond of saying “if it wasn’t for bad luck, I would have no luck at all”….
Charities Bill, 2014 submitted for public consultation
The Portfolio of Legal Affairs submits for public consultation the Charities Bill, 2014. The issue of the regulation of charities has been longstanding and there remains an urgent need to ensure that a proper legislative framework is in place which…
The Editor Speaks: Law reform proposals mean “shut up”
On 10th January 2014 the Law Reform Commission published for public comment a Consultation Paper on the law of contempt. The object of the paper, which was in response to an earlier referral by the Attorney General, was to generate…
Attorney General’s address at Grand Court opening
Address by Samuel Bulgin, Hon. Attorney General, at the Opening of the Grand Court for the year 2014 My Lord Chief Justice and Hon. Judges of the Grand Court, Hon. Chief Magistrate, Hon. Magistrates, Madam DPP, Madam Solicitor General, COP,…
