Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj v Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago (No 2)

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CourtPrivy Council
Judgment Date1978
Year1978
Date1978

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142 cases
  • Adrian Nation v DPP and Attorney General of Jamaica
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 15 July 2011
    ...to the words “adequate means of redress” is quite clear from the opinion of their lordships' Board in [ Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj v Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago (No 2) (1978) 30 WIR 310 ]. There must be a remedy available at law which will be sufficient for the purpose of enforcin......
  • The Hon Mrs Portia Simpson-Miller and Others v Attorney-General and DPP
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 20 September 2013
    ...of Campbell, J. 230 Learned Queen's Counsel, Mr. Henriques, reminded us of the words of their Lordships in Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj v Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago (No. 2) [1979] AC 385 and as restated in Clinton Forbes v The Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago [2002] UKPC 21 ......
  • Ramanoop v Attorney General
    • Trinidad & Tobago
    • Court of Appeal (Trinidad and Tobago)
    • 21 March 2003
    ... ... exemplary damages under the Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago (the Constitution). The answer to this has not ... The judge quite rightly, in my view, used Maharaj v. Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago No.2 1979 ... ...
  • Sumayyah Mohammed v Moraine and Another
    • Trinidad & Tobago
    • High Court (Trinidad and Tobago)
    • Invalid date
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  • Transitions in Caribbean Law: An Introduction
    • Jamaica
    • Transitions in Caribbean Law Preliminary sections
    • 21 November 2013
    ...Chapter 8, T. Robinson, ‘Gender, Nation and the Common Law Constitution’ (2008) 28(4) OJLS 735. 78. (1967) 10 WIR 299 (PC Ja). 79. (1978) 30 WIR 310 (PC T&T). 80. (1976) WIR 498 (PC T&T). xxi Transitions in Caribbean Law for judges, and common law adjudication can itself develop human right......
  • Constitutionalism in Belize: Lessons for the Commonwealth Caribbean?
    • Jamaica
    • Transitions in Caribbean Law The habits of constitutionalism
    • 21 November 2013
    ...(PC T&T). 6. (1969) 15 WIR 229 (PC T&T). 7. (1967) 10 WIR 299 (PC Ja). 8. (1979) 44 WIR 107 (PC Ber). 9. (1975) 24 WIR 326 (PC Ja). 10. (1978) 30 WIR 310 (PC T&T). 11. See L. Jackson’s ‘Fi Wi Law,’ Chapter 1 which provides an engaging, if withering, account of the region’s tentative and for......
  • The caribbean court of justice: an historic necessity
    • Barbados
    • Caribbean Law Review No. 12-2, December 2002
    • 1 December 2002
    ...in the Privy Council in earlier times. The production line of Caribbean lawyers has not 22. [1980] AC 319. 23. (1975) 24 WIR 326. 24. (1978) 30 WIR 310. 25. [1982] AC 113. 26. (1994) 45 WIR 94. 88 Caribbean Law Review come to a standstill. But any assumption of infallibility is false. One m......
  • Jurisdictional issues in the adjudication of human rights claims under commonwealth caribbean constitutions
    • Barbados
    • Caribbean Law Review No. 11-1, June 2001
    • 1 June 2001
    ...(No.2) in these terms; 59 See art. 153(3) of the Guyana Constitution. 60 See, for example, art.l53(2) of the Guyana Constitution. 61 (1978) 30 W.I.R.310. 62 At p.331. 63 (1980) 32 W.I.R. 354. "Acceptance of the applicant's argument would have the consequence that in every criminal case in w......