Leacock (Pearson) v Attorney-General

JurisdictionBarbados
CourtHigh Court (Barbados)
Judgment Date2005
Year2005
Date2005

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9 cases
  • The Attorney General et Al v Joseph and Boyce
    • Caribbean Community
    • Caribbean Court of Justice (Appellate Jurisdiction)
    • 8 November 2006
    ...higher than would normally be the case. 122 Coughlan was one of the cases discussed in the judgment of Sir David Simmons in Pearson Leacock v The Attorney General 67. In that case the learned Chief Justice stopped just short of providing the applicant with a substantive benefit on the basis......
  • Attorney General and Others v Joseph and Another
    • Caribbean Community
    • Caribbean Court of Justice (Appellate Jurisdiction)
    • Invalid date
  • The Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission v Diamond Quarry Inc., Baracara Quarries Inc.
    • Caribbean Community
    • Caribbean Court of Justice
    • 15 June 2022
    ...CCJ 10 AJ, 2013) 83 WIR 401 (GY); Harracksingh v A-G of Trinidad and Tobago [2004] UKPC 3, (2004) 64 WIR 362 (TT); Leacock v A-G (2005) 68 WIR 181 (BB); Observer Publications Ltd v Matthew (2001) 58 WIR 188 (AG PC); Pan Trinbago Inc v National Carnival Commission of Trinidad and Tobago ......
  • Adriel Dermont Brathwaite v Attorney General of Barbados
    • Barbados
    • High Court (Barbados)
    • 14 March 2022
    ...make it. And it is not an appeal from the decision of a public official or entity. 193 The case of Pearson Leacock vs Attorney General [2005] 68 WIR 181 and the dicta of Chief Justice of Barbados Sir David Simmons K.A was relied upon. It is accepted that the Court should not usurp the role......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Legitimate Expectations, International Treaties and the Caribbean Court of Justice
    • Jamaica
    • Transitions in Caribbean Law The confluence of international and domestic law
    • 21 November 2013
    ...45. Ibid 108. 46. Ibid 111. 47. Ibid 112. 48. Ibid 113. 49. Ibid 114. 50. A clear example of this is the Barbados case of Leacock v AG (2005) 68 WIR 181 (HC Bdos). See also, A. Fiadjoe, Commonwealth Caribbean Public Law (3rd edn, Routledge-Cavendish, London 2007) 275. Legitimate Expectation......