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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19 cases
  • Ernest Hilaire v Allen Chastanet
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 13 June 2023
    ...He noted that Ibralebbe has been cited with approval by the Caribbean Court of Justice in BCB Holdings Ltd v Attorney General of Belize [2013] CCJ 5 (AJ). In both cases, the independence legislation did not expressly or by implication abrogate the domestic laws, nor were the domestic laws i......
  • 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......
  • Ramon Gaskin v Minister of Natural Resources
    • Caribbean Community
    • Caribbean Court of Justice (Appellate Jurisdiction)
    • 27 June 2024
    ...and that each party should bear its costs in this Court. Cases referred to: BCB Holdings Ltd v A-G of Belize [2013] CCJ 5 (AJ) (BZ), (2013) 82 WIR 167; Caledonian Rly Co v North British Rly Co (1881) 6 App Cas 114; Collins v Environmental Protection Agency (GY CA, 3 May 2023); Commissioner ......
  • 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......
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1 books & journal articles
  • 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......