THE Court of Appeal has reinstated NOVO Technology’s claim against the Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (AATT) over the termination of a multimillion-dollar contract for an automated border control system, reversing a High Court decision that had dismissed the matter as an abuse of process. Justices of Appeal Peter Rajkumar, Ronnie Boodoosingh, (now Chief...
A CHAGUANAS magistrate has dismissed two complaints against a woman from Central Trinidad who was arrested and allegedly manhandled by police after she stopped by a vegetable stall in Freeport to purchase chandon beni in 2021. Magistrate Dwayne Murray acceded to the request of defence attorneys Kiel Taklalsingh, Renuka Rambhajan and Kavita Moonesar to dismiss...
An insurance brokerage company has been ordered to give its former long-standing managing director a significant retirement package. High Court Judge Frank Seepersad made the order on Thursday as he upheld Omar Daniel’s case against M&M Insurance Broking Services Limited. On Tuesday, Justice Seepersad noted that most of the aspects of Daniel’s claims over his...
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...
THE High Court has ruled in favour of a Penal businessman over the prolonged detention of nine high-end vehicles seized by the Customs and Excise Division in 2020. Justice Nadia Kangaloo ruled that the detention of Kess Kessoondan’s vehicles was unlawful. The court granted summary judgment in his favour, ordering the immediate return of the...
The comptroller of the Customs and Excise Division has been given two months to develop clear guidelines for the importation of adult toys. High Court Judge Westmin James issued the directive on Wednesday as he upheld a lawsuit from adult store owner Ronna Zamora Rodriguez, of Intimate Affairs, whose shipments of adult toys were seized...
A large group of former Special Reserve Police officers (SRPs) have won their case over delays in paying them salary arrears after they were absorbed into the T&T Police Service (TTPS) in 2009. In a recent judgment, High Court Judge Joan Charles upheld a judicial review case over the delay brought by 54 officers. Guardian...
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 Government is making good on its pledge to make amendments to regulations for the ongoing State of Emergency (SoE) related to public order. Shortly after the SoE was proclaimed and the associated regulations published late last year, lawyers representing Vishal Persad, who is the administrator of the blog “Millennials for Change”, filed a lawsuit...
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...
