Forbes v Maharaj

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CourtPrivy Council
Judgment Date1998
Year1998
Date1998

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11 cases
  • 1) Shane Graham 2) Ray JNO Baptiste v The Police
    • Dominica
    • Court of Appeal (Dominica)
    • 13 September 2010
    ...led to the inevitable result that the conviction and sentences be quashed and new trials ordered. Forbes v Chandrabhan Maharaj (1998) 52 WIR 487 followed; Alexander v Williams (1984) 34 WIR 340 applied. 3. In respect of the appellant Daniel, there was a failure of due process by the Magist......
  • Graham and another v Police and other cases
    • Caribbean Community
    • Court of Appeal (Eastern Caribbean States)
    • Invalid date
  • Jerome Dixon v R
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 29 July 2022
    ...provide, the appellate court ought to quash the conviction in the interests of justice. The cases included Forbes v Chandrabhan Maharaj (1998) 52 WIR 487, Alexander v Williams (1984) 34 WIR 340 and Griffith v Niewenkirk GY 2004 CA 212 He also brought some authorities to the court's attent......
  • Dean Cedeno v Kenwin Logan
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 18 December 2000
    ...criticised this passage as inadequate where no reasons had been supplied by the magistrate. ( Alexander v Williams (1984) 34 WIR 340, Forbes v Maharaj (1998) 52 WIR 487. But it should be noted that the response of the Court of Appeal was apt to answer the only substantive ground of appeal......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Appeals
    • Jamaica
    • Criminal practice and procedure in the Magistrates' Courts in the Commonwealth Caribbean
    • 18 June 2010
    ...the Constitution of Trinidad & Tobago.) This decision was considered by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Forbes v Maharaj (1998) 52 WIR 487 in which Lord Clyde stated, ‘The judgments in that case clearly recognize the fundamental importance of the furnishing of reasons particu......