The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[1995] 1 AC 396
[PRIVY COUNCIL]
ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AND ANOTHER APPELLANTS AND LENNOX PHILLIP AND OTHERS RESPONDENTS
[APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO]
1994 June 7,
8,
9,
13,
14,
15,
16;
July 11, 12, 13;
Oct. 4
July 11, 12, 13;
Oct. 4
Lord Keith of Kinkel, Lord Goff of Chieveley, Lord Browne-Wilkinson, Lord Woolf and Lord Lloyd of Berwick
Trinidad and Tobago
— Crime
— Pardon
— Pardon granted to insurgents conditional on safe return of hostages
— Delay before release of hostages and surrender of insurgents
— Detention and prosecution of insurgents for offences committed during insurrection
— Whether pardon valid
— Whether detention and prosecution contravening insurgents' constitutional rights
—
Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Act 1976 (No. 4 of 1976), Sch., ss. 4(a)(b), 14(1), 87(1)
Trinidad and Tobago
— Crime
— Abuse of process
— Insurgents prosecuted for offences committed in course of insurrection
— Insurgents claiming detention unlawful by reason of grant of pardon
— Habeas corpus order made
— Order not appealable
— Pardon subsequently held to be invalid
— Whether prosecution for same offences abuse of process