A specialist doctor has scored a legal victory over being found liable for a man being born with cerebral palsy after he (the doctor) delivered him over two decades ago. In a judgment delivered yesterday, five Law Lords of the United Kingdom-based Privy Council upheld Dr Marwan Abdulla’s appeal over being found negligent for the...
The Firearms Appeal Board has been ordered to reconsider a legal challenge over the refusal of the Police Commissioner to grant a man a Firearm User’s Licence (FUL). In a judgment delivered on Thursday, High Court Judge Joan Charles upheld the man’s claim against the board, although his identity was withheld due to personal safety...
THE Tax Appeal Board has ruled in favour of a local meat processing company in a long-standing dispute with the Board of Inland Revenue (BIR) over the Value Added Tax (VAT) rating for its chicken-based products. In a landmrk decision delivered by the board’s chairman Anthony Gafoor and board member Roland Hosein, the tribunal quashed...
A firearm dealer and three long-standing firearm user’s licence (FUL) holders have scored a major victory in their lawsuit over a new process for the renewal of FULs. Delivering a judgment yesterday, High Court Judge Ricky Rahim ruled that the new procedure introduced by now-suspended police commissioner Erla Harewood-Christopher in December 2023, could not apply...
The High Court has ruled that the Registration Recognition and Certification Board (RRCB) acted unlawfully when it determined that a former manager at the Regulated Industries Commission (RIC) was not a “worker” under the Industrial Relations Act (IRA). Justice Devindra Rampersad delivered the decision on November 7. Justice Rampersad granted an order of certiorari to...
Former national Under-17 boys’ team coach Shawn Cooper has failed in his bid to have his long-standing prohibition against coaching minors lifted. Delivering an oral decision yesterday afternoon, Justice Nadia Kangaloo dismissed Cooper’s application for an injunction over a move by the T&T Football Association (TTFA) to suspend his Safeguarding Licence in mid-March last year....
