Thomas (Endell) v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 1981 |
| Date | 1981 |
| Year | 1981 |
| Court | Privy Council |
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174 cases
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Joseph and Boyce v Attorney General et Al
...to the essence of justice.” See also Ridge v. Baldwin [1964] A.C. 40.” 57 Lord Diplock returned to Harrikissoon in Thomas v. Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago [1982] A.C. 115 and stated at pages 134B and 135E as follows: “Finally, their Lordships turn to question (2): the effect of th......
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Long v Police Service Commission
...of the public service, and to insulate it from political pressures. In Endell Thomas v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago [1982] AC 113, 123–124, Lord Diplock said of the corresponding provisions of the 1962 Constitution: “Under a party system of government such as exists in Trinidad a......
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Gary Nelson Appellant v [1] Attorney General [2] Colin Derrick, Minister of Justice [3] The Police Service Commission Respondents [ECSC]
...[1964] AC 40 and Chief Constable of North Wales v Evans [1982] 1 WLR 1155. 48 See Endell Thomas v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago [1982] AC 113 at p. 127. Also Chief Constable of North Wales v Evans and Ridge v Baldwin and Others are all well respected decisions of the House of Lord......
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Berenice Freeman Claimant v The Attorney General Chief Agricultural Officer Department of Agriculture Defendants
...which police officers are employed. 35 Crown Counsel further attempted to distinguish the case of Endell Thomas v. The Attorney General (1982) AC 113, on its facts stating that the Privy Council found that the doctrines of dismissibility at pleasure was inconsistent with the constitutional......
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12 books & journal articles
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Constitutional damages, procedural due process and the Maharaj legacy : a comparative review of recent Commonwealth decisions (part 2)
...human right of the individual within thecontemplation of Ch I of the Constitution or for which the constitutional motion could be invoked.[1982] AC 113 (PC) 120C-D, 124C-G and 126C-D. Indeed, Lord Diplock sa id in that case that: 21The whole purpose of Chapter VIII of the Constitution which......
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Police Powers in the West Indies: Some Constitutional Aspects
...See (1979) 31 W.I.R. 355, per Hyatali, C.J. at 363. 6 See, in particular, the judgment of Kelsick, J.A. (as he then was), at 421-424. 7 [1982] A.C. 113 at 133. police force in Trinidad and Tobago was in part unconstitutional in trenching on the constitutional powers of the service commissio......
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State proceedings in the Commonwealth Caribbean
...place, Caribbean Constitutions contain redress provisions 152 which are buttressed by 144 (1970) 15 W.I.R. 410 (C.A. - Guyana). 145 [1982] A.C. 113 (P.C.). 146 See e.g. Minister of Home Affairs v. Fisher [1980] A.C. 319 (P.C.). 147 See e.g. Collymore v. The AG. of Trinidad and Tobago (1969)......
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A pandora's box in Commonwealth Caribbean pubic law: the approach of the caribbean court of justice to the doctrine of legitimate expectation
...of rights, ouster clauses notwithstanding. 19 Suit No 3260 of 1987, 30 July 1987, H Ct Trinidad & Tobago. 20 (1994) 47 WIR 174. 21 [1982] AC 113. 22 [1999] 57 WIR 275. 23 [2006] CCJ 3; (2006) 69 WIR 104. 24 Suit No 905 of 1989, H Ct Barbados. 25 [1995] 1 WLR 102. 26 Suit No 1622 of 1993, H ......
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