Lau v Percy
| Jurisdiction | Trinidad & Tobago |
| Judgment Date | 1960 |
| Date | 1960 |
| Court | Supreme Court (Trinidad and Tobago) |
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3 cases
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Trotman et Al v Attorney General
...the policy of looking to the intent and subject matter of the enactment rather than the language alone is the preferred approach. (See Lau v. Percy (1960) 3 W.I.R. 47; Montreal Street lily. v. Normandin [1917] A.C.170 @ 174.) However, there is no hard and fast rule on the issue for as Lord ......
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Colonial Life Insurance-Company (Trinidad) Ltd et Al v Toppin
...can be relieved of those duties, it is necessary to determine whether Parliament intended those duties to be mandatory or directory. 52 In Lau v. Percy (1960) 3 W.I.R. p. 47 cited by counsel for the plaintiffs, a question arose on appeal before the Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago as ......
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Chang Hu v Chief Immigration Officer and Ministry of National Security; Cheng v Chief Immigration Officer and Ministry of National Security
...justice amounting to miscarriage of justice. [HCA No. 2581 of 1993, Christopher Holder v. Kenneth Leila & Ors per Bharath 1 at p. 8; Lau v. Percy [1960] 3 WIR 47 at p. 53 per Gomes CJ] 4 It is not in dispute that the applicants were not given written notification of the dismissal of their a......