"Nearly a year after testing positive for a banned substance which she said she was unknowingly exposed to through bodily contact, Harris has won her appeal case." | Privileged to have acted for Ms. Harris, along with @amandakfowler. #curling #sportslaw

"U.S. President Donald Trump followed through on recent threats Monday evening and signed orders to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports - including from Canada."

"The court also heard that the businessman was never charged with any offences whatsoever, and the forensic report revealed no traces of illegal drugs from the money samples taken."

RT @JamaicaObserver: A magnitude 7.6 quake rattled the Caribbean Sea on Saturday evening about 130 miles (209 kilometres) off the coast of…

"The event, originally scheduled to feature Jamaican dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel... in Trinidad and Tobago on Carnival Friday (February 28), has been postponed."

Accenture scraps diversity and inclusion goals, memo says

"If you assume it doesn't need to be said outright that autism does not cause antisemitic behaviours, the current news cycle could suggest otherwise."

"Udupa has submitted her resignation in order to take advantage of the deferred resignation program - known as Fork in the Road - offered by President Donald J. Trump to federal workers in an email on January 28, 2025."

"The decisions to close Caroni (1975) Ltd and Petrotrin stand as glaring examples of short-sighted economic mismanagement that continue to haunt our nation today." #Trinidad #sugar #oilandgas #politics #islandlife

Privy Council upholds termination of contract for theft. Agrees that "theft has its ordinary meaning in this contract rather than some technical or different meaning". #PrivyCouncil #JCPC #contracts #contractlaw

"The Express visited the site yesterday and spoke with about a dozen residents who insisted they had nowhere else to go and had no choice but to rebuild their homes."

"The residents said as the country is in a state of emergency (SoE), they expected the crime situation to be under control, instead, they said, they saw no increase in police presence and feel vulnerable to criminals." #Trinidad #crime #islandlife

"U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a directive on Wednesday, her first day in office, that could allow Justice Department lawyers to be fired if they refuse to advance legal arguments on behalf of President Donald Trump's administration."

"The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has noted a huge jump in reports of suspicious financial transactions from under $2 billion worth in 2022, to almost $6 billion worth in 2023, to nearly $9 billion worth reported in 2024."

"A junior attorney has strongly criticised the Law Association’s president's report to the membership on the operations of the organisation ahead of a special general meeting (SGM) scheduled for February 7."

"A total of 12 homes, said to be illegally built in the La Culebra site at Ramjattan Trace... in Arima, have just been demolished by the Commissioner of State lands... the residents in the area are now sifting through the rubble for their belongings."

"A marketing executive at a party balloon company has lost a sex discrimination claim lodged after his female boss said “sorry boys” as she revealed that a woman had won an award. Nathan Blakeley, 27, was left so deflated after missing out on a prize..."

Former T&T Attorney General to lodge court action against Belizean government over electoral boundaries

"... it is understandable that the great majority of the population of T&T believe something is radically amiss and there is more in the mortar than the pestle with the highly controversial arrest of our Commissioner of Police..." - Israel Khan SC

Ontario Court of Appeal: Mexico approaching a NAFTA (now CUSMA) arbitrator for appointment on other arbitration panels constituted a reasonable apprehension of bias. Decision of 3 person panel set aside (the 'well was poisoned'). #NAFTA #CUSMA #arbitration

"However, when it came to the interim relief being sought, the judge said there was a need for the TTPS to have a leader at this time, especially given that the country is currently in State of Emergency."