Douglas v Pindling

Subject Matter

EVIDENCE — Bahamas, the — Evidence — Bankers' books — Appointment of commission of inquiry — Commission issuing summonses to produce banking records — Test to be applied by commission — Basis for exercise of court's supervisory jurisdiction — Whether commission's decision to issue summonses justified — Banks and Trust Companies Regulation Act 1965, s 10(1) (as substituted by Banks and Trust Companies Regulation (Amendment) Act 1980, s 2) — Bankers' Books Evidence Act, ss 3, 4, 5, 6 — Commissions of Inquiry Act, s 10(1)

[1996] UKPC 8; [1996] AC 890; [1996] 3 WLR 242, PC

PRACTICE — Bahamas, the — Practice — Appeal to Privy Council — Plaintiff's claim for constitutional and other relief dismissed — Court of Appeal allowing plaintiff's appeal on non-constitutional grounds — Whether defendants entitled to appeal as of right to Privy Council — Whether single judge of Court of Appeal having jurisdiction to grant leave to appeal — The Bahama Islands (Procedure in Appeals to Privy Council) Order 1964, s 5 — The Bahamas Independence Order 1973, Sch, art 104 — Court of Appeal Act, s 19(1)

[1996] UKPC 8; [1996] AC 890; [1996] 3 WLR 242, PC