Gordon (Lemuel) v Attorney-General

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1997
Year1997
Date1997
CourtPrivy Council
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14 cases
  • Kimola Merritt and Another v Dr Ian Rodriquez and Another
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 29 May 2015
    ...The issue raised was plainly triable and the respondents were entitled to be heard on it as a matter of fairness. 109 In Lemuel Gordon v The Attorney General (1997) 51 WIR 280, the Privy Council considered the meaning of the words ‘act done in pursuance, or execution or intended execution…o......
  • Administrator General of Jamaica (Administrator of the estate of George Gordon Chambers, deceased) v Attorney General of Jamaica
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 16 March 2005
    ...intention and accordingly, the Act is not to have retrospective effect" 4His Lordship continued "In the case of Lemuel Gordon v The Attorney General for Jamaica. SCCA 96/94 (unreported) delivered 20 th December 1995, Carey J.A. noted that the proper approach to the amending enactment is not......
  • National Water Commission v Duffus (Balteano)
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 1 July 2002
    ...66 The Defendant's actions are not protected by the Act and, therefore, not protected by the limitation period. See also Gordon (Lemuel) v Attorney General (1997) 44 WIR 280 at page 283 (b–d). 67 To my mind The Defendants' argument in respect of estoppel is without merit. The representation......
  • Mario Matthew Claimant v [1] The Commissioner of Police [2] Attorney General Defendants
    • British Virgin Islands
    • High Court (British Virgin Islands)
    • 15 June 2015
    ...bona fide when they failed to preserve the Claimant's vehicle and instead used it as a garbage dump. He relied on the judgment in Gordon v Attorney General6 in which the Privy Council held that the Crown might be liable for the acts of the police officers who were (alleged to have malicious......
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