The traditional calypso composition, with its penchant for the risqué expression and the saucy double entendre, not to mention the frequent boast of the performer’s substantial sexual prowess, always sails close to the edge of what may be considered permissible for airplay in these regional societies. These factors doubtless place the legal publishers of the material to the public, the
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“…[P]unishment for mere mental states is intrinsically unjust because such punishment would be a form of mind control – Gabriel Mendlow, “Why is it wrong to punish thoughts?” [2018] 127 Yale L. J. 2342 It is by now beyond dispute that the freedom of expression constitutionally guaranteed to everyone is not absolute. Not only are there the express limitations or
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Submitted by PUDRYR Well it finally had to happen and CHIEF JUSTICE MARSTON GIBSON’s known competencies, or renown incompetencies had to come to the surface or, as bajans say, “day has run, till night catch it”. Here is the matter in a nutshell. The City of Bridgetown Credit Union made a qualified loan to Mr. Morris Lee and some family
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The Attorney General of Barbados continues to make some utterances that makes one raise their eyebrows. His statement that persons made confessions of having taken part in bribery during the tenure of the previous Democratic Labour Party Administration should make us all concerned. Based on his own admission Mr. Dale Marshall, the person who serves as the Attorney General of
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Another intriguing issue on the law relating to governance that arose for discussion in the recent Caribbean Court of Justice decision on appeal from Guyana on which I commenced discussion in this space last Sunday was the seemingly trite one of whether a motion of confidence that is expressly provided for in Article 106 (6) of the Constitution contemplated a
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The notion that lawyers, and especially judges, know everything is doubtless premised on the variety of determinations the profession is obliged to make as part of its diurnal routine. Is a medical doctor liable for negligence? Did a Minister exercise his or her discretion properly? Did an accused intend to murder the deceased? These are but a few of the
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The attached was received by hand yesterday. It speaks for itself. It was for the very reason I posted the Severance letter and calculation sheet and titled it Threat to Democracy. Rather than apologize for the m u ck up Management elect to buldoze a shut up – from me. Sir Justice Waterman always said “if you start wrong
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