CASES - Module 2 Flashcards
Lloyd Brooks v DPP (1994)
Role and function of DPP as a public officer
Leonie Marshall v DPP (2006)
Role and functiom of the DPP as a public officer
Hinds v R (1971) 🔫
Constitution - Separation of powers, Gun Courts Act
Nation & Wright vs DPP & AG of Jamaica
Constitutional law - infrigement on constitutional right to liberty (amendments to the bail act) -separation of powers
Benjamin et al vs Minister of Information et al (1998) 🇦🇮
Constitution - interference with constitutional and human rights to freedom of thought, freedom of expression, freedom from discrimination
Hochoy v Nuge (1964) 🇹🇹💂🏾♀️
Executive authority And the rule of law
Maharaj v AG of Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹
Constitution, fundamental rights - a man must be notified of the charge being brought against him, Judicial authority and the rule of law
AG v Collymore 🇹🇹
Legislative authority and the rule of law, - the Supreme Court is the guardian of the Constitution, consequently it is not only within its competence but also its right and duty to make binding declarations, if and whenever warranted, that an enactment passed by parliament is ultra vires and therefore void.” , Constitutional supremacy - infringement upon constitutional fundamental right to freedom of association
Hector v AG of Antigua & Barbuda 🇦🇬
Legislative authority and rule of law - any attempt by a public officer to stifle or fetter criticism amounts to political censorship of the most insidious and objectionable kind
Thornhill v AG (1974) 🇹🇹👮🏾♂️
State institutions (i.e police) and the Rule of Law
Bribery Commissioner v Ranasinghe (1965)
Professor Fiadjoe: “The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council therefore adhered to the principle that there is no doctrine that a sovereign Parliament can ignore the constitutional restrictions on its law making powers.”
