Smith (Frederick) v Commissioner of Police and Another
| Jurisdiction | Bahamas |
| Year | 1984 |
| Date | 1984 |
| Court | Supreme Court (Bahamas) |
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13 cases
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1) The Chief of Police 2) Attorney General of Saint Christopher and Nevis v Calvin Nias
...does not reflect any particular reason for this decision. It is noteworthy that inSmith (Frederick) v Commissioner of Police and Another (1984) 50 WIR 1,28 Telford Georges CJ stated that the Constitution places the onus of establishing that conduct or legislation is not reasonably justifiab......
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1. The Honourable Attorney-General 2. The Honourable Minister of Finance Appellants v 1. E. Ann Henry Goodwin 2. Lockhart and Defreitas 3. Maxwell Francis 4. Alvin Edwards Respondents [ECSC]
...of proof is on the person challenging except in the plainest cases. This was the view of Chief Justice TelfordGeorges in Frederick Smith v Commissioner of Police [1984] 50 W.I.R. 1 at page 12 where the learned Chief Justice stated: "The Constitution places the onus of establishing that such......
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Gordon Newbold v The Commissioner of Police
...under article 30(1) of the Constitution. Otherwise, the existing law would itself in effect be void. 50 The next case, Frederick Smith v Commissioner of Police (1984) 50 WIR 1, falls into the same category: a police power to erect barriers across roads had to be exercised with due regard t......
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The Honourable Attorney-general et Al v Goodwin et Al
...except in the plainest cases. This was the view of Chief Justice Telford Georges in Frederick Smith v Commissioner of Police [1984] 50 W.I.R. 1 at page 12 where the learned Chief Justice stated: “The constitution places the onus of establishing that such an action is not justifiable on thos......
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1 books & journal articles
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Fi We Law: The Emergence of Caribbean Jurisprudence and the Doctrine of Precedent
...and highfaluting legalism that the ordinary person cannot 91. Ibid. 92. Ibid. 93. (2 January 2007) BS 2007 SC 28 (Bah). 94. Ibid 11. 95. (1984) 50 WIR 1 (PC Bah). 26 Fi We Law hope to understand is taken to Commonwealth Caribbean, I have argued elsewhere, ‘The structure of the legal system ......