Whitfield v Attorney-General

JurisdictionBahamas
CourtSupreme Court (Bahamas)
Year1989
Date1989

Get this document and AI-powered insights with a free trial of vLex and Vincent AI

Get Started for Free

Unlock full access with a free 7-day trial

Transform your legal research with vLex

  • Complete access to the largest collection of common law case law on one platform

  • Generate AI case summaries that instantly highlight key legal issues

  • Advanced search capabilities with precise filtering and sorting options

  • Comprehensive legal content with documents across 100+ jurisdictions

  • Trusted by 2 million professionals including top global firms

  • Access AI-Powered Research with Vincent AI: Natural language queries with verified citations

vLex

Unlock full access with a free 7-day trial

Transform your legal research with vLex

  • Complete access to the largest collection of common law case law on one platform

  • Generate AI case summaries that instantly highlight key legal issues

  • Advanced search capabilities with precise filtering and sorting options

  • Comprehensive legal content with documents across 100+ jurisdictions

  • Trusted by 2 million professionals including top global firms

  • Access AI-Powered Research with Vincent AI: Natural language queries with verified citations

vLex

Unlock full access with a free 7-day trial

Transform your legal research with vLex

  • Complete access to the largest collection of common law case law on one platform

  • Generate AI case summaries that instantly highlight key legal issues

  • Advanced search capabilities with precise filtering and sorting options

  • Comprehensive legal content with documents across 100+ jurisdictions

  • Trusted by 2 million professionals including top global firms

  • Access AI-Powered Research with Vincent AI: Natural language queries with verified citations

vLex

Unlock full access with a free 7-day trial

Transform your legal research with vLex

  • Complete access to the largest collection of common law case law on one platform

  • Generate AI case summaries that instantly highlight key legal issues

  • Advanced search capabilities with precise filtering and sorting options

  • Comprehensive legal content with documents across 100+ jurisdictions

  • Trusted by 2 million professionals including top global firms

  • Access AI-Powered Research with Vincent AI: Natural language queries with verified citations

vLex

Unlock full access with a free 7-day trial

Transform your legal research with vLex

  • Complete access to the largest collection of common law case law on one platform

  • Generate AI case summaries that instantly highlight key legal issues

  • Advanced search capabilities with precise filtering and sorting options

  • Comprehensive legal content with documents across 100+ jurisdictions

  • Trusted by 2 million professionals including top global firms

  • Access AI-Powered Research with Vincent AI: Natural language queries with verified citations

vLex

Unlock full access with a free 7-day trial

Transform your legal research with vLex

  • Complete access to the largest collection of common law case law on one platform

  • Generate AI case summaries that instantly highlight key legal issues

  • Advanced search capabilities with precise filtering and sorting options

  • Comprehensive legal content with documents across 100+ jurisdictions

  • Trusted by 2 million professionals including top global firms

  • Access AI-Powered Research with Vincent AI: Natural language queries with verified citations

vLex
17 cases
  • Paul Chen-Young v Eagle Merchant Bank Jamaica Ltd
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 26 April 2018
    ...by Mr Hylton to three cases from the region in order to illustrate the operation of the de facto doctrine. The first in time is Whitfield v Attorney-General 53, a decision of the Court of Appeal of The Bahamas. The issue arose in that case because it was said that, as a result of a deficien......
  • Solomon Marin Jr v The Queen
    • Caribbean Community
    • Caribbean Court of Justice
    • 23 June 2021
    ...Tyson v R (2017) 92 WIR 328, [2018] 5 LRC 270 (ECSC CA) (VG); Walker v R [1993] UKPC 38, [1993] 2 LRC 371 (JM); Whitfield v A-G (1989) 44 WIR 1 (BS). Legislation referred to Antigua and Barbuda – Antigua and Barbuda Constitutional Order 1981; Barbados – Constitution of Barbados, Rev Ed ......
  • Emma Hlppolyte Applicant v Attorney General Respondent [ECSC]
    • St Lucia
    • High Court (Saint Lucia)
    • 12 July 1995
    ... ... (Const.) 867 ... 65 Counsel submitted that nothing in the St.Lucia Constitution prohibits any one from entering into a contract even in respect of some constitutional post. He then referred to Whitfield v A-G of the Bahamas (1989) L.R.C. (Const.) page 249.267 (f); and Hinds v Queen 1976 2 W.L.R. 366 1976 2 W.L.R. 366; 378 ... 66 The Solicitor-General then looked at section 90 of the Constitution and submitted that section 90(5) bore a different meaning to section 8 of ... ...
  • Gilharry (d/b/a/ Gilharry's Bus Line) v Transport Board et Al
    • Belize
    • Court of Appeal (Belize)
    • 20 July 2012
    ...the Public Authorities Protection Act to every circumstance in which it is invoked by the public authority was demonstrated in Whitfield v. Attorney General (1989) 44 W.I.R. 1, a decision of the Court of Appeal of The Bahamas. In that case, it was held, following the previous unreported dec......
  • Get Started for Free
2 books & journal articles
  • Judicial Independence as an Indispensable Feature of the Rule of Law and Democracy: Implications for the Commonwealth Caribbean
    • Jamaica
    • Transitions in Caribbean Law The habits of constitutionalism
    • 21 November 2013
    ...2008–9, Conversations betwen the CCJ and the Faculty of Law UWI, Trinidad (November 2008, unpublished paper on ile with author). 12. (1989) 44 WIR 1 (SC Bah). Transitions in Caribbean Law such consultation to take place before the judge in question reached retirement age. This was possibly ......
  • State proceedings in the Commonwealth Caribbean
    • Barbados
    • Caribbean Law Review No. 7-2, December 1997
    • 1 December 1997
    ...471. 155 See M. DeMerieux, supra n. 154, at pp.468-471. 156 See supra, under the rubric "The State", particularly nos. 19 and 20. 157 (1989) 44 W.I.R. 1 (S. C., Gonsalves-Sabola J.); (C.A., Henry P., Melville and Sir Frederick Smith JJ.A). 158 The proviso to Art. 96(1). 159 Ibid. Before he ......