The Weekly Law Reports
[2022] 3 WLR 309
Privy Council
Suraj and others v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago
Maharaj
v
Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago
[On appeal from the Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago]
[2022] UKPC 26
2022 March 21, 23; June 20
Lord Reed PSC, Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Sales, Lord Hamblen, Lady Rose JJSC
Constitution— Trinidad and Tobago— Human rights and fundamental freedoms— Public health regulations prohibiting gatherings of more than five people in any public place and imposing restrictions on numbers attending religious services— Whether regulations “abrogating, abridging or infringing” Constitutional rights to freedom of assembly and of religious belief and observance— Whether Constitutional rights absolute or subject to proportionality assessment— Whether legitimate aim of protecting public from spread of disease rendering regulations proportionate—
Public Health Ordinance 1940 (Ch 12 No 4), s 105
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Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Act 1976, Sch, ss 4, 5, 7, 13