Tag: Trinidad and Tobago
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Richard Clayton: Transforming Judicial Selection Procedures: Privy Council Changes Trinidad High Court Selection Procedure
In A-G of Trinidad and Tobago v Maharaj the High Court and Court of Appeal in Trinidad decided that the Judicial and Legal Services Commission (which appoints High Court judges) should comprise just judges and ex judges. However, in an important new judgment delivered on 11 February 2019 the Privy Council reversed the Trinidad courts…