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THE THREE-FIFTHS MAJORITY DEBATE
The debate continues about when should the Government decide to include in any piece of legislation the preamble and the certificate that will confirm that Parliament is making a confession about its...
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THE LOBBYIST GAMBLE
Last week, the Sunday Guardian revealed the existence of a contract between an entity called The Group DC led by Arthur Collins and based in Washington, DC, and the Ministry of Finance that was signed...
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THE THREE-FIFTHS MAJORITY GAMBLE
Last Tuesday in the Senate, the Government made good on its promise to cease bringing to Parliament any legislation that may require a three-fifths majority in cases where it is possible that there...
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REVIVING THE DEATH PENALTY
The recent announcement by the Prime Minister that he was turning to former UNC attorney general Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj to assist the Government with the revival of the death penalty caused some...
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BREXIT BEGINS
The United Kingdom officially launched its Brexit policy last Wednesday under Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon which permits member states of the European Union to withdraw. That has now opened a...
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FATCA REPEAL BEGINS
Now that the FATCA legislation has been enacted in T&T after a lengthy bi-partisan battle to reach cross-party consensus comes word out of Washington that the process to repeal FATCA in the United...
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HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM
On April 13, 1970, Astronaut Jim Lovell repeated something that Astronaut Jack Swigert, on the Apollo 13 spacecraft, told Mission Control in Houston: “Houston, we’ve had a problem.”In 1995, a movie by...
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A SECOND BREXIT VOTE
Prime Minister Theresa May stunned the United Kingdom last Tuesday when she announced that she had just told her Cabinet of her decision to seek a parliamentary vote to have an early general election...
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THE CCJ STRUGGLE
Last week, President Anthony Carmona addressed UWI students at the Cave Hill Campus in Barbados on the subject of the CCJ. He expressed his disappointment at the fact that only four countries out of...
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JUDICIAL POLITICS
Back in 1998-99, when then attorney general Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj was seeking to introduce the Panday government’s parliamentary reform to permit parliamentary committees to have oversight of the...
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CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSION
With the recent Privy Council decision in favour of Reginald Dumas and his challenge to the appointments made by the President to the Police Service Commission after parliamentary ratification, the...
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THE DUMAS DECISION
The recent decision by the Privy Council in the matter of the Attorney General v Dumas has opened the door to public interest litigation in a manner that now places all public authorities—from...
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PAINFUL JUSTICE
Last week’s decision that the 53 criminal matters that were left incomplete before former Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar in order to facilitate her appointment as a judge must now all be...
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THE CRISIS DEEPENS
Last Thursday the Law Association of T&T (LATT) voted overwhelmingly in favour of the resignation of the Chief Justice and members of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission (JLSC). On a sloppy...
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THE PRIVY COUNCIL EFFECT
The effect of the recent Privy Council decision in the case of Attorney General vs Dumas has created the opportunity for any citizen to challenge any decision by any public official or organisation in...
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A COMMON ENTRANCE POLICY
Last Tuesday, the Guardian reproduced some of the questions that were asked of prospective judges for our High Court.While one can note that there is a Common Entrance policy for all judges, what was...
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A CRUCIAL ERROR
Last Thursday the Guardian highlighted the fact that Chief Justice Ivor Archie admitted to an error made in a press release from the Judiciary about the decision to restart some 53 cases in the...
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A THIRD CABINET RESHUFFLE
For the third time in 22 months, Prime Minister Rowley has reshuffled his Cabinet. His first reshuffle came on March 17, 2016 (some six months after taking office), when he dismissed Marlene McDonald...
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DESIRABLE OR UNDESIRABLE?
“Had I known that the swearing-in would become an issue—if I had a crystal ball to look into it and ask if I appointed her, the swearing-in would have resulted in this—clearly I wouldn’t have.” These...
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TWO YEARS AND WAITING
The PNM almost forgot to celebrate the second anniversary of their 2015 election victory last Thursday. So much was promised to so many and so little has been delivered. The current Government has...
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