Francis and Another v State

JurisdictionTrinidad & Tobago
JudgeBereaux, J.A.
Judgment Date02 February 2014
Neutral CitationTT 2014 CA 7
Docket NumberCriminal Appeal Nos. 5 & 6 of 2010
CourtCourt of Appeal (Trinidad and Tobago)
Date02 February 2014

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13 cases
  • Jay Chandler v The State
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 16 Mayo 2022
    ...of the law;” See, for example, the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago in Francis v State of Trinidad and Tobago (2014) 86 WIR 418, para 166. The principle of the rule of law must be considered in the context of the 1976 Constitution as a whole and the Constitution inter......
  • Dominic Suraj and 4 others v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 20 Junio 2022
    ...(Bereaux, Weekes and Yorke-Soo Hon JJA) and the minority (Archie CJ and Jamadar JA) of the Trinidad and Tobago Court of Appeal in Francis v The State (2014) 86 WIR 418 (“ 2. The Constitution 8 The relevant parts of the Constitution for the purposes of these appeals are summarised below. 9 ......
  • Satyanand Maharaj
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 20 Junio 2022
    ...(Bereaux, Weekes and Yorke-Soo Hon JJA) and the minority (Archie CJ and Jamadar JA) of the Trinidad and Tobago Court of Appeal in Francis v The State (2014) 86 WIR 418 (“ 2. The Constitution 8 The relevant parts of the Constitution for the purposes of these appeals are summarised below. 9 ......
  • Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago v Akili Charles (No 2)
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 28 Julio 2022
    ...79 The importance of the right to liberty was vividly explained by Bereaux JA in his judgment in Francis v State of Trinidad and Tobago (2014) 86 WIR 418 at para 276 (with which the Chief Justice and three other Justices of Appeal agreed): “…The liberty of the subject is one of the fundame......
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