Friday, August 14, 2009

Unsettling Precedent?

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5 comments:

Thommo said...

Shouldn't a proactive Attorney General put forward a legal motion challenging the Leader of the Opposition law suit.

Perhaps we would have heard from the courts whether the Leader of the Opposition has a legal footing to take the government to court for exercising their obligations before that verdict was handed down.

This is a critical question. What does it say about the A.G's competence?

Anonymous said...

The case should be appealed if only to establish once and for all whether the Courts can quash a decision of Cabinet, however unreasonable that decision may be. The courts should be limited to determining the legality or illegality of a decision; not whether that decision makes sense. Cottle's decision that makes no sense and so it should be appealed.

Anonymous said...

What that does not make sense about the court decision? A court can reverse a cabinet decision one they break the law, because no body is above the law.

Anonymous said...

Yes, but how can you consider cabinet breaking the law? are there any laws for that?

Anonymous said...

So cabinet is above the law, there is no law for them. The days when politicians were above the in St Lucia, is long gone.