Litigation - Part 8

More Human Rights Cases Being Brought By Companies

January 30, 2009 Ainsley Brown One comment

By: Ainsley Brown Yes, that’s right, you read correctly: human rights cases are being brought by companies not against them. Well, at least this is the case in the UK, as a story in the Times explains. A new survey has revealed that while the overall human rights cases brought in 2008 is down over 2007, there has being an

Commercial, Corporate, Human Rights, Investment, Litigation, Public Policy, Securities

Caribbean Court of Justice Makes Important Ruling

January 28, 2009 Ainsley Brown Leave a comment

By: Ainsley Brown Trinidad Cement Limited vs. The State of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana. The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on January 15, 2009 made its first ruling as to its own original jurisdiction. The CCJ has Appellate jurisdiction over Civil and Criminal cases referred to it from common law member states. It also has original jurisdiction as to

CARICOM, International, Litigation, Treaty