The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[1971] AC 972
[PRIVY COUNCIL]
OLIVE CASEY JAUNDOO APPELLANT AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF GUYANA RESPONDENT
[ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE SUPREME COURT OF GUYANA]
1971 Feb. 22,
23,
24,
25;
May 4
May 4
Lord Guest, Lord Donovan, Lord Wilberforce, Lord Pearson and Lord Diplock
Guyana
— Constitution
— Protection of fundamental rights
— Proposed construction of new road by government
— Landowner's notice of motion claiming injunction restraining road building until adequate compensation paid
— Whether originating motion proper procedure
— Whether jurisdiction in High Court to grant redress
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Guyana Independence Order 1966 (S.I. 1966 No. 575), Sch. 2 (Constitution of Guyana), arts. 8, 19