Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Camille Robinson-Regis has sought to clarify the Government’s legal position regarding intervention in the JLSC vs Ayers-Caesar case.
In a statement responding to an article in the Trinidad and Tobago Newsday on Thursday, she said the AG’s intervention in the case before the Privy Council was based on the principle that any damages awarded would be borne by the State.
According to the AG, the application to intervene was grounded in the State Liability and Proceedings Act, which establishes that legal proceedings against a Constitutional authority, such as the Judicial and Legal Service Commission (JLSC), are considered proceedings against the State.
On Monday, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council dismissed an appeal brought by Trinidad and Tobago’s JLSC, upholding findings that the removal of former High Court Judge Marcia Ayers-Caesar from office in April 2017 was unlawful.