Category: Judiciary /Justice

The Budget’s Proposals for Reform of the Judiciary

The DPP is part of the executive, yes, but let it be remembered that we are here talking of the non-political executive

The recent judgment in the appeal case of Eric Benjamin Beesoo v The State is a reminder, if at all it was necessary, of an accused’s right to

In the recent case of United Docks Ltd (Applicant) v The Town and Country Planning Board (Respondent No.1) and others 2016 SCJ 145, it was decided that United

Supreme Court Judgment

DNA testing has now become an established part of the forensic arsenal for determination of the identity of individuals where such is required by the courts. However, there

The ongoing migrant/refugee crisis currently battering the European Union brings to mind the still unresolved issue of the Chagossian refugees. The willingness of some European countries and the

In the context of the seemingly unending spectacle of so many high dignitaries and people from the purportedly “good and the great” sections of society being charged for

We all know how the people of Chagos were literally ejected from the land of their birth and summarily dumped in Mauritius to fend for themselves, with hardly

A balance will have to be struck between freedom of expression, the duty to act responsibly and the right to privacy

Apropos ‘Lagesse enfin derrière les barreaux’ In an article (‘Lagesse enfin derrière les barreaux…’) which appeared in l’express of Wednesday 28th, Jean-Mée Desvaux has looked into the recent

When will Britain take the “Positive Attitude to Right the Wrongs”?

MedPoint Hospital

The Chagos Islanders’ case

By Dr Sean Carey