Suraj v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago

Subject Matter

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 — Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Act 1976, Sch, ss 4, 5, 7, 13

[2022] UKPC 26; [2023] AC 337; [2022] 3 WLR 309; [2022] WLR(D) 308, PC