The Weekly Law Reports
[2011] 3 WLR 219
Privy Council
Paponette and others v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago
[2010] UKPC 32
[on appeal from the Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago]
2010 Nov 1,
2;
Dec 13
Dec 13
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers PSC, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, Lord Dyson JJSC, Sir Malachy Higgins
Judicial review— Public authority— Legitimate expectation— Public service vehicle operators agreeing to relocate to competitor’s site in reliance on government assurances regarding control and management— Government subsequently granting control and management to competitor— No government evidence as to reason for decision— Whether decision frustrating operators’ legitimate expectation— Whether public interest overriding legitimate expectation— Whether overriding public interest to be inferred from fact of breach of legitimate expectation—
Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Act (Laws of Trinidad and Tobago, 1990 rev, c 1:01), Sch, s 4(a)(d)
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Port-of-Spain Transit Centre (Public Service Vehicle Station) Regulations (No 227 of 1997)