Smith (Alvin) v Commissioner of Police

JurisdictionTrinidad & Tobago
Date1997
Year1997
CourtHigh Court (Trinidad and Tobago)

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14 cases
  • Durity v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 13 May 2002
    ...with Blackman J in Phillips v Attorney General (unreported) Case 701 of 1989, Ventour J in Smith (Alvin) v Commissioner of Police (1997) 51 WIR 409, and Sinanan J and the Court of Appeal in the present case. It should be noted, however, that Ventour J reached his conclusion "with great rel......
  • Bryan (Shelly) v Attorney-General and Another
    • Guyana
    • Court of Appeal (Guyana)
    • Invalid date
  • Gilharry (d/b/a/ Gilharry's Bus Line) v Transport Board et Al
    • Belize
    • Court of Appeal (Belize)
    • 20 July 2012
    ...Tobago did not apply to constitutional proceedings (as a result of which the decision of Ventour J in Smith v. Commissioner of Police (1997) 51 W.I.R. 409, which was cited by Mr. Hawke to the opposite effect, can no longer be regarded as representative of the law of Trinidad and Tobago). Lo......
  • Deorani Singh v The Attorney General and National Industrial and Commercial Investments Ltd
    • Caribbean Community
    • Caribbean Court of Justice
    • 13 March 2018
    ...chose to file proceedings after the great delay without explanation for it. In Smith (Alvin) v. Commissioner of Police and Another [ (1997) 51 W.I.R. 409] it was held: “That (in the alternative) a person aggrieved by a breach of constitutional rights should seek redress with the utmost exp......
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