Hearings
Trinidad and Tobago
13 Dec 2010 [2010] UKPC 32; [2012] 1 AC 1; [2011] 3 WLR 219; [2010] WLR (D) 323; Case details, PC (Lord Phillips, Lady Hale, Lord Brown, Sir John Dyson (SCJ), Sir Malachy Higgins)
Paponette v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago
Subject Matter
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, Sch, s 4(a)(d) — Port-of-Spain Transit Centre (Public Service Vehicle Station) Regulations
[2010] UKPC 32; [2012] 1 AC 1; [2011] 3 WLR 219; [2010] WLR (D) 323; Case details, PC
Commentary
Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Grounds of Judicial Review - Irrationality - Abuse of power/substantive legitimate expectation
77.19