The WLR Daily case summaries
[2022] WLR(D) 308
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
Human rights— Infringement of— Proportionality— Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago— Rights to freedom of assembly and of religious belief and observance— Public health regulations prohibiting gatherings of more than five people in any public place and imposing restrictions on numbers attending religious services— Claimants arrested for breach of regulations— Claimants challenging lawfulness of regulations as abrogating Constitutional rights and freedoms— Whether individual rights absolute or subject to proportionality assessment— Whether legitimate aim of protecting public from spread of virulent and dangerous disease making restrictions on individual liberty 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 (Laws of Trinidad and Tobago, 1990 rev), ss 4, 5, 7, 13