@ Christopher

Of course you can make them look to be from anywhere. There is no simple, cheap and easy way for us to ensure they are where they say they are. Some may be where they state they are and some might be false. as such we can agree to disagree on if majority of traffic is routing through new york now.

@christopher

I take the tongue in cheek humour graciously.

Wait Chris the square of the square root of minus one is not the same as (10i -11i)/i

the square of the square root of minus one …

BAFBFP or Halsall

what are the square roots of i ?

I don’t think that the answer ping pong was looking for

Enormous potential and the result’s still so ****ing disappointing!

Another way of doing it

i = cos(pi/2) + i.sin(pi/2)

i^(1/2) = cos(pi/4) + i.sin(pi/4)

also could be express this way
i^(1/2) = +/- (1+i)/(2^(1/2))

What is happening at LIME? Lol. You kidding right?

Classic case of MADASS..

Monopolistic Atrophy Devoid of Accountability Stunting Service

Andrew Pilgrim appeared on “Good Morning Barbados “today and made public his desire for change at the Barbados Bar Association.Now is the time to convey to Mr.Pilgrim suggestions for improving the efficiency and functioning and the decency ,honesty and integrity of the members of this very important “organization”.Now is the time to impress upon the almost 800 members of the association that we,the public are tired of being robbed and exploited by many of them who are not only incompetent but are horrendously dishonest.Now is the time to open hearings of complaints to the public.(After all,if MaryJones is charged with stealing, it becomes public knowledge).
The resolution/settlement of complaints should be made public.(If Mary Jones is acquitted or convicted it is made public knowledge).Why shouldn’t it be the same with lawyers ?Why should they expect to be treated differently?
If these measures were taken, it would no doubt result in fewer complaints and not the ever-increasing backlog of complaints, some of which are never heard because many of the complainants die from old age after waiting many many years for their complaint to be heard.
But most of all,now is the time for Mr.Pilgrim to ensure that he will leave a legacy of one who was imbued with a sense of decency,honesty,fairplay and true concern for justice for every citizen of Barbados irrespective of his or her calling or status.

http://www.nationnews.com/articles/view/pilgrim-let-law-alone/

Interesting article. i wonder whats david opinion of his appointment now?

per Nation”But Pilgrim said Government would be wrong to amend the law in order to appoint Gibson.

“I would like the right to say that the Bees [Barbados Labour Party] should not have appointed David Simmons [retired Chief Justice] the way they did, and I said that to them.

“And by the same token now speaking for myself, while I have issues with the limitations of the law as it relates to the Chief Justice, it looks funny when you do something like what we are doing now,” he said.”
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Fair and rational comment from a qualified lawyer who understands what ‘justice must be seen to be done’ means and the intricacies of legislative changes.

When the BBA demonstrates it can regulate itself to engender confidence in the minds of the public it serves only then will BU give credence to utterances coming from that body. BU’s stated position that it has confidence in Andrew Pilgrim to make a difference stands. The fact that we may disagree on issues is healthy.

The thrust of Pilgrim’s statement in the Nation article seems to frown on the interference and possible influence the executive has on the judicature. It is a matter BU has raised in earlier blogs, especially as it relates to David Simmons’ appointment as CJ. Note that Pilgrim expresses an opinion regarding limitation in the current law as it relates to the appointment of CJ, “And by the same token now speaking for myself, while I have issues with the limitations of the law as it relates to the Chief Justice, it looks funny when you do something like what we are doing now”.

Barbadians can continue to comfort themselves in operating business as usual when our court system is almost in chaos or take bold moves to make some changes. Head of the T&T law society was recently in Barbados lamenting the need to operate outside of the box if we in the Caribbean want to dispense justice. Last week Justice Volney in Trinidad echoed the same concerns.

As usual Barbadians love to wait until there is collapse or almost past the point of no return before acting.

David

I have limited access to the article so my query is was it a wide ranging article or was the interview solely to solicit his views on the upcoming judicial appointment?

@Sargeant

It is a wide ranging interview.

Nationalism or parochialism?
  By Peter Wickham | Sun, February 20, 2011 – 12:01 AM

No person shall be qualified to be elected as a member of the House of Assembly who . . . is, by virtue of his own act, under any acknowledgement of allegiance, obedience or adherence to a foreign power or state.

This excerpt from the Constitution of Barbados sits quietly in Sec. 44:1 (a) and is easily one of the least quoted sections of our fundamental law. 

Over the years this section has been referred to so infrequently that this author, who studied constitutional law at the feet of the late Professor Ralph Carnegie, could perhaps be forgiven for once arguing that unlike Guyana and Jamaica, our Constitution did not speak to such issues – Full Article

Here is the article to which Pong refers.

Pilgrim says a judge must be above politics, what we the public must deduce is that he as head of the Bar should be seen also to be above politics. In fact Pilgrim makes the point in his interview with Slinger today that while he had an interest in politics he found it too frivolous and decided to make a contribution in a different way. We know that in Barbados any semblance of an association with either political party means that one’s opinions are deemed political.

It is interesting to note that Pilgrim’s cry for non-political interference to facilitate an independent judiciary mirrors the comments made a while ago by Marston Gibson. The two are obviously singing from the same hymn sheet.

Pilgrim’s election means he has to become a little political not to alienate himself with colleagues. He should not become distracted from his most important job to do some purging of some within the ranks of the Bar. To repeat a suggestion made by BU Pilgrim needs to set up a system to deal with complaints against members of the Bar. The perennial act of sweeping the corrupt behaviour of shady lawyers under the carpet will not be tolerated by John Public any longer. It is only a matter of time…

BU notes Timothy Slinger was quick to use the heading on his article “Pilgrim against Marston Gibson’s appointment”, we should not become distracted by a red herring based on a motive by the fourth estate to feed sensationalistic behaviour to sell newspapers.

The argument here is that by virtue of her birth in st.lucia to st.luican parent she automatically became a st.lucian citizen and not by act of her. By her act to marry a barbadian she became eligible to receive bajan citizenship via chapter 6 of the constitution. In the act of receiving citizenship the oath of allegiance would hold precedence as an act of allegiance, obedience and adherence. This would therefore make her ineligible to take part in st.Lucia election unless she renounce her barbadian citizenship.

In the hypothetical case of her marry a bajan but not taking up citizenship. One can deem this as act of not accepting allegiance, obedience and adherence as require by the state and having allegiance, obedience and adherence to foreign power. As such she could be stripped from there position of mp if brought before the courts.

Pilgrim is reported to have said “while he had an interest in politics he found it too frivolous….”

Exactly what does he mean?

Vis. anthony above; “it would seem so”!

Sargeant
Are you saying the editors are political?
Sorry for the rhetorical question

Charlie

I think we are past that point, The Nation is the house organ of the BLP and the Advocate seems to occupy a similar role for the DLP.

BAFBFP

Tomorrow is a holiday up here it is called Family Day so I have a lot of time on my hands, someday soon somebody gwine sue under Charter of Rights & Freedoms claiming that it is discriminatory against them cause they don’t have a family.

Of course your problem is which “family” do you spend it with?
🙂

Every lawyer worthy of the name agrees that Gibson does not fulfil the criteria for the post of CJ. But here comes one charlatan name Amused who will have us believe that Gibson does fulfil these and whoever thinks otherwise is wrong. Are we still wondering who wrote that post misinterpreting the law to prove that Gibson was qualified? Your political slip is showing Amused and it is not so funny.

@Hants

The truth is this matter is only resonating among the legal fraternity, political diehards and the intelligentsia.

Ordinary Bajans don’t seem to care too much.

Let us protect the establishment at all cost because we all know who are the guardians.

Who are the boys? Marston is political just like all of us, and I wish this argument about him being apolitical and outside of the ‘brotherhood’ would stop.