Ruling in favour of a former recruit, the Equal Opportunities Tribunal had to consider whether the youthful indiscretions of the former recruit who had admitted being involved in certain activities at the age of 13, whether that amounted to a good reason to dismiss. The recruit had been honest on his application form; the tribunal…
The Appellant, Jimdar Caterer’s Limited appealed to the Court of Appeal against the decision of the Tax Appeal Board to extend the time for the Board of Inland Revenue to file and serve its Statutory Documents and Statement of Case in opposition to its appeal before the Tax Appeal Board. The Appellant had argued before…
co-written with Barrie Attzs, Attorney-at-Law, JD Sellier and Company Given the current backlog of cases at the Tax Appeal Board, the length of time it takes for decisions to be issued, the even greater amount of time it takes for those decisions to be published,1 the dearth of local legal and academic commentary, the reluctance…
McCombe J, in what is perhaps his ‘Swan Song’ judgment in the High Court, last Friday (5/10/12) handed down the latest decision in the on-going ‘Mau Mau’ case against the UK government. The Mau Mau were an anti-colonial group that where fighting for independence from the colonial authorities in Kenya between 1952 and 1960, in…
While it is amusing, if slightly ridiculous, to observe the craze that still surrounds the British Monarchy in England, I find the implications of the current constitutional settlement mind boggling.
The Quebec elections usher in a potentially interesting period for the Supreme Court of Canada. Pauline Marios, Quebec’s Premier elect reaffirmed her party’s commitment to pursuing independence for the French-speaking province of Canada, in her victory speech. Quebec legal jurisdiction is unique amongst the Canadian states in that they have a civil law system. Should…
