Attorney seeks public’s views on proposed Privy Council changes
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Attorney seeks public’s views on proposed Privy Council changes

An attorney is seeking the public’s views on two major changes to the United Kingdom-based Privy Council (PC) that are currently under consideration. In a Facebook post yesterday, attorney Kiel Taklalsingh sought views on a move to include judges from Commonwealth jurisdictions such as T&T that still have the PC as their final appellate court...

CoP agrees to return 3 firearms to ex-soldier
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CoP agrees to return 3 firearms to ex-soldier

Police Commissioner Erla Harewood-Christopher has agreed to return three licensed firearms to a former soldier, who served on the security detail for former police commissioner Gary Griffith. The man, whose name was withheld due to security concerns raised by his lawyers, filed a judicial review lawsuit in March, after Harewood-Christopher revoked variations to his firearm...

Attorney: ‘Sedition Act can be abused by authorities’
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Attorney: ‘Sedition Act can be abused by authorities’

Attorney Kiel Taklalsingh has described this country’s Sedition Law as being too broad and warns that it could be abused by the authorities to infringe on the rights of individuals. Speaking with Guardian Media on Friday, Taklalsingh who represented the former head of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha, Satnarayan Sharma, during a 2019 challenge to...

Republic Bank held liable in safety deposit box heist
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Republic Bank held liable in safety deposit box heist

REPUBLIC Bank Ltd (RBL) has been found liable for a break-in at its Couva branch in 2022 which led to the theft of a pensioner’s valuables from a safety deposit box. “I find that the defendant’s security systems fell short and below the required standard and the claimant is entitled to judgment,” Justice Carol Gobin...

Journalist apologises to SIS’s Krishna Lalla
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Journalist apologises to SIS’s Krishna Lalla

A journalist has apologised to contractor Krishna Lalla for an online publication he wrote and posted on two websites in 2020. Aleem Khan also agreed to retract the article published on February 20, 2020, headlined: Where did the money go? Lalla’s Panama properties found, on his www.news.co.tt and www.connectas.org websites. Khan’s apology and agreement were...