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Rosan believes Sr Magistrate Richards should be sent home 'under review'
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Talk show host Rosemary L. Rosan aka ‘Cindy’ has accused Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards of abusing power in the case with Wade N. Smith where Justice Sonia Young on April 24, 2024, found the actions of the Senior Magistrate unreasonable and lacked substance and not justified.
Crown Dependencies reconsider public registers of beneficial ownership
ST PETER PORT, Guernsey- Following the November 2022 ruling of the European Union Court of Justice to strike down the European Union (EU) mandate for public registers of beneficial ownership of all companies, the governments of Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey have jointly announced they are delaying the implementation of legislation to implement full public access to registers of company beneficial ownership.
Court rules that Dr Denzil L. Douglas vacate seat in parliament immediately
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, WI- The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) of Appeal in Castries, Saint Lucia, in a judgment handed down today, March 12, 2020, ruled that Dr Denzil L. Douglas, Leader of the St Kitts and Nevis Opposition Labour Party and Parliamentary Representative for St Christopher Six, must vacate his seat in the National Assembly with immediate effect.
Mark H. Vanterpool ’s resignation letter was invalid- Court rules
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Justice Ann-Marie Smith has ruled that the resignation letter addressed to the Clerk of the House of Assembly (HoA) by Fourth District Representative-Elect Mr Mark H. Vanterpool was invalid and that Mr Vanterpool should be sworn in as an elected Member of the House of Assembly.
Sex offender Andre Penn loses Appeal
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - When Justice Darshan Ramdhani on February 17, 2015 announced in the High Court that he was imposing a total of 15 years of imprisonment on former legislator Andre Penn, the case was moved to the Appeals Court.
UPDATE: Court quashes TRC's decision to omit CCT from Spectrum Award Process
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Caribbean Cellular Telephone (CCT) was successful in its Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Judicial Review which challenged, among other things, its exclusion from the 2015 Spectrum Award Process, according to a statement from CCT today January 13, 2016.
Canada to allow doctor-assisted suicide
BBC NEWS
Canada's Supreme Court has ruled that doctors may help patients who have severe and incurable medical conditions to die, overturning a 1993 ban.