Jorsingh v Attorney General

JurisdictionTrinidad & Tobago
CourtCourt of Appeal (Trinidad and Tobago)
Year1997
Date1997

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26 cases
  • Ramanoop v Attorney General
    • Trinidad & Tobago
    • Court of Appeal (Trinidad and Tobago)
    • 21 March 2003
    ...in Maharaj (supra) and consequently excluded any claim for exemplary damages. 15 The obiter dicta of de la Bastide, C.J. in Jorsingh v. The Attorney General (1997) 52 W.I.R. 501 at pp.505-506 noted the difference in terminology and merits quotation: “If that is to be regarded as part of th......
  • Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago v Ramanoop
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 23 March 2005
    ...ability to award damages under section 14. 13 In Trinidad and Tobago the Court of Appeal made observations on this issue in Jorsingh v Attorney General (1997) 52 WIR 501. The extent of the court's jurisdiction did not arise for decision. But de la Bastide CJ and Sharma JA both correctly pr......
  • R (Walumba Lumba and another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 23 March 2011
    ... ... The modified criteria and the general presumption remain in place." ... 12 Chapter 38 of the Operational ... " seems to have been coined by Sharma CJ in the Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago in Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago v Ramanoop as a head of loss in claims for breach of ... But there can be a middle course between compensatory and exemplary damages. In Jorsingh v Attorney General (1997) 52 WIR 501 , de la Bastide CJ and Sharma JA in the Court of Appeal of ... ...
  • Greenwood-Henry (Sharon) v Attorney General of Jamaica
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 26 October 2005
    ...of Appeal, led by de la Bastide CJ (as he was at the time and now President of the Caribbean Court of Justice) in the case of Jorsingh v Attorney General ( 1997) 52 WIR 501 (see de la Bastide CJ at 505f–506a and Sharma J.A (as he was then and currently Chief Justice) at pages 512a – 514f). ......
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