Maharaj v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago
| Jurisdiction | Trinidad & Tobago |
| Date | 2015 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Trinidad and Tobago) |
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7 cases
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Robinson v The State (Trinidad and Tobago)
...on the basis of diminished responsibility. Such a course had been adopted, for example, in the recent case of Maharaj v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Civil Appeal No 118 of 2010), and it attracted no comment when the case was considered by the Court of Appeal on 25 March 31 There......
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The Attorney General of Jamaica v Clifford James
...redress. 58 However, there is precedent for the award of interest on constitutional damages. In the case of Maharaj v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (2015) 86 WIR 537, (‘ Maharaj’), the Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago increased the award for a breach of the appellant's cons......
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Jan Hoy Cassells v The Attorney General
...of fundamental rights, is of course contained in section 24(1) of the Constitution of Barbados. The Court refers to Maharaj v Attorney-General of Trinidad & Tobago, 34 in which case, Lord Diplock acknowledged an entitlement to damages as compensation for the deprivation of liberty per se, a......
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Allin Durand v (1) Superintendent of Prisons (2) Attorney General of Anguilla
...and upheld by all. 31 The Honourable Attorney General submitted that damages should not be awarded. Relying on Maharaj v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago 12 and Attorney General v Henry and Anor 13, he contended that damages are compensatory in nature and purpose, are discretionary a......
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