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On the 21 st January 2016, the court accepted a plea of guilty to manslaughter from the defendant. He had been charged on an indictment filed on the 17th August 2009 with non-capital murder committed on the 29th February 2008, contrary to section...

Like many places in and around the Caribbean the law of Saint Lucia restricts the holding of land by aliens without a government licence. The principal issues on this appeal concern the legal effect of those restrictions on a transaction between...

Testing 2This is an action which arose out of an agreement for sale between Isis Homestyle Limited(“the claimant”) acting through its sole director Marion Marshall and Christopher BrianBreeching (“the defendant”). The claimant has sued the...

This appeal arises out of a claim made by Janin Caribbean Construction Limited (“Janin”) against Ernest Clarence Wilkinson (“Mr Wilkinson”) for damages for breach of a duty of care said to have been owed to Janin for failure to exercise...

Chairman of the Soufriere Town Council, Mr. Kenneth Cazaubon in which severalallegations were made. Chief among those were that Mr. Chastanet, while a minister ofGovernment and a candidate for the United Workers Party (“UWP”) requested,...

 The CCJ delivered its judgment in the matter of James Anthony Hyles, Mark Royden Williams v The Director of Public Prosecutions.

 The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) today restored the 2013 acquittals of Mr. James Hyles and Mr. Mark...