Semenya determined to fight on against DSD regulations reuters.com/sports/athleti…

'Ontario's self-proclaimed Crypto King and one of his associates have been arrested and charged with fraud.' cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

Tax Court of Canada: 'the Appellant, by entering into the avoidance transaction in order to be taxed under one taxing regime put in place by Parliament as opposed to another taxing regime, did not abuse the provisions at issue.' decision.tcc-cci.gc.ca/tcc-cci/decisi… #GAAR #BVI #tax #tax law

'The PNP went to court to have five JLP MPs, starting with Daryl Vaz in West Portland, removed from office on the grounds that they were dual citizens at the time of their nomination and hence ineligible to stand for office.' nationwideradiojm.com/golding-attemp…

'Those now calling on the public to support her extension have carefully avoided making statements on her actual performance, suggesting instead that the country focuses on the failure of other institutions to prevent guns from entering the country.' guardian.co.tt/article/proper…

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UK Supreme Court: 'a person who causes another person to do a wrongful act will only be jointly liable as an accessory for the wrong done if they have knowledge of the essential facts which make the act done wrongful'. supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-202… #trademarks #companylaw #tortlaw

Erla gets 1-year extension as police commissioner #Trinidad #crime #politics #islandlife newsday.co.tt/2024/05/13/erl…

'WIPO member state delegates officially launched historic final-stage negotiations on a proposed treaty relating to intellectual property, genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge...' #WIPO #IP #intellectualproperty wipo.int/pressroom/en/a…

'According to Ramdass’ attorneys, the investigation is unconstitutional... because neither the Minister nor the Cabinet has constitutional jurisdiction... to investigate the action & conduct of the Auditor General outside section 136 of the Constitution.' guardian.co.tt/news/auditor-g…

'Under Canada's Criminal Code, anyone charged with an offence has the right to a trial within a reasonable time frame. Barring exceptional circumstances, that timeframe is 18 months (1.5 years) in Ontario’s courts.'

Caribbean lawyers: 😮😮😮

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'Folks would have recently read that the Urban Development Corporation (Udecott) stated that the zoo would be upgraded with a restaurant, cinema, etc at a cost of $56 million, plus VAT.

Hmm, I wait to hear who are the people to be given the contract/s...' newsday.co.tt/2024/05/11/56m…

'Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of electronic equipment, including CCTV cameras & wireless routers used by the criminal element to monitor law enforcement agents, have been discovered illegally mounted on utility poles...' #crime #islandlife guardian.co.tt/news/criminal-…

'Statements made by a radio talk-show host about a High Court judge in January were “divisive & inciteful” & negatively portrayed or degraded the judge and the Judiciary, the Telecommunications Authority of TT (TATT) has advised.' #judge #judge s #judiciary newsday.co.tt/2024/05/10/tat…

‘There’s been one winner – this restaurant’: Toronto eatery is victor in Kendrick-Drake beef theguardian.com/music/article/…

US Supreme Court: the Copyright Act's limitation period of 3 years for filing suit does not establish a similar 3 year limitation for recovery of damages (and any such limitation must come from the Act and not be 'judicially invented') - supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf… #SCOTUS #copyright

RE: Sport Commission, already surfacing are significant concerns of conflict of interest. Dr. Pipe’s past roles as Founding Chair of the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport and past President of Commonwealth Sport Canada, his involvement with NSOs like Soccer Canada, Canadian

DR. NO was released 62 years ago this week. The first Hollywood entry in the iconic James Bond series, and still among the most popular 007 films, the story of how it was made will leave you shaken and stirred…

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