Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago and Another v Phillip and Others
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 04 October 1994 |
| Date | 04 October 1994 |
| Court | Privy Council |
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40 cases
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[1] Henry Liu [2] Feng Huang Appellants v [1] Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Dominica [2] DPP [3] Comptroller of Customs Respondents [ECSC]
...the Comptroller should be allowed to resile from the agreement. Patel v Spencer (1976) 1WLR 1268, Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago v Phillip & Others (1995) 1 AC 396. No charges therefore in regard to the Shine Union matters can be brought against Mr. Lawrence." 82 An agreement not t......
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[1] Henry Liu [2] Feng Huang Appellants v [1] Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Dominica [2] DPP [3] Comptroller of Customs Respondents [ECSC]
...be allowed to resile from the agreement. Patel v Spencer (1976) 1WLR 1268, Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago v Phillip & Others (1995) 1 AC 396. No charges therefore in regard to the Shine Union matters can be brought against Mr. Lawrence." 82 An agreement not to prosecute necessarily......
- Lewis (Neville) and Attorney General for Jamaica v Superintendent of St. Catherine District Prison
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Pacific Wire & Cable Company Ltd Appellant/Respondent v [1] Texan Management Ltd [2] All Dragon International Ltd [3] Blinco Enterprises Ltd [4] Patagonia Ltd Respondents/Applicants [5] Shareholders of All Dragon International Ltd
...as a means whereby the Court of Appeal can in effect refer a matter to the Privy Council for guidance on the law. In Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago v. Phillip et al, the Trinidad and Tobago Court of Appeal approved this statement and also added that there may be justification other......
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3 books & journal articles
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The privy council or a Caribbean final court of appeal?
...the two Privy Council decisions in Lennox Phillip and Ors. v. The D.P.P. [1992] 1 A.C. 545 and in Attorney-General v. Phillip and Ors. [1995] 1 All E.R. 93. The issue in the first case was whether a pardon which armed insurgents, who had occupied Parliament, had extracted from the Acting Pr......
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Commonwealth Caribbean Presidencies
...a nullity: Anisminic Ltd v Foreign Compensation Commission [1969] 2 AC 147. Thus in Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago v Phillip [1995] 1 AC 396 the Board considered the validity of a pardon which the President had purported to grant during the armed insurrection in July 1990. Lord Woo......
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KNIGHT GLENN JEYASINGAM V PP A MATTER OF FIRST PRINCIPLES
...1 HKLR 389 at 403C where Richardson J’s judgment inMoevao v Department of Labour[1980] 1 NZLR 464 at 482 was cited with approval. 18 [1995] 1 All ER 93 at 108d—e. 19 See paragraph 14 at page 10 of the transcript of the judgment. 20 [1988] 1 MLJ 84. 21 Criminal Appeal No 18 of 1995. 22 On th......