BCB Holdings Ltd The Belize Bank Ltd Appellants v The Attorney General of Belize Respondent

JurisdictionCaribbean States
JudgeSaunders,Bernard,Wit,Anderson,The Honourable Mr Justice Adrian Saunders,The Honourable Mr Justice Winston Anderson,The Honourable Mr Justice Saunders,The Honourable Mr Justice Anderson
Judgment Date26 July 2013
Neutral Citation[2013] CCJ 5 AJ
CourtCaribbean Court of Justice (Appellate Jurisdiction)
Docket NumberCCJ Appeal No CV 7 of 2012
Date26 July 2013

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  • Belize International Services Ltd v The Attorney General of Belize
    • Caribbean Community
    • Caribbean Court of Justice (Appellate Jurisdiction)
    • 30 June 2020
    ...that was the subject of this Court's adjudication in BCB Holdings Limited and the Belize Bank Limited v Attorney General of Belize [2013] CCJ 5 (AJ), a case heavily relied on by the Government and the courts below, was obviously in violation of both the letter and the spirit of the 6 Exampl......
  • Gregory August and Alwin Babb v The Queen
    • Caribbean Community
    • Caribbean Court of Justice
    • 29 March 2018
    ...v. The Queen [ [2000] 1 A.C. 45.], Director of Public Prosecutions v. Mollison [ (2003) 62 WIR 268.] and BCB Holdings Limited v. AG [ [2014] 2 L.R.C. 81 at [40] – [53].], support the proposition that the separation of powers is such a foundational feature of the Constitution that legislati......
  • Gregory August v The Queen
    • Caribbean Community
    • Caribbean Court of Justice (Appellate Jurisdiction)
    • 29 March 2018
    ...1 (Carilaw) affirmed in Reyes v. R [2002] UKPC 11, [2002] 2 AC 235. 90 [1977] AC 195, 212. 91 (2000) 1 AC 45. 92 (2003) 62 WIR 268. 93 [2014] 2 LRC 81 at [40] – 94 VC 2001 CA 1 (Carilaw). 95 See for example, R v Patrick Reyes, Belize, 25 th October 2002; R v Sutherland JM 2004 CA 34 (Caril......
  • Allen Chastanet v Ernest Hilaire
    • St Lucia
    • Court of Appeal (Saint Lucia)
    • 16 January 2020
    ...Ibralebbe and another v Reginam [1964] 1 All ER 251 applied; BCB Holdings Limited and Another v The Attorney General of Belize [2013] CCJ 5 (AJ) applied. 4. The Parliament of Saint Lucia has the power to legislate for the importation of statutes made by a foreign state. In each case, the m......
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  • Foreign sovereign immunity in the caribbean: a case for legislative intervention
    • United States
    • Georgetown Journal of International Law No. 53-1, October 2021
    • 1 October 2021
    ...Consulting Services Ltd. v. Att’y-Gen. [2002] UKPC 43 (appeal taken from Trin. & Tobago). 23. See BCB Holdings v. Att’y Gen. of Belize, [2013] CCJ 5 (AJ), discussed infra at p. 35. 60 [Vol. 53 FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY IN THE CARIBBEAN to be no relevant legislation adopted by any independe......

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