The Queen Appellant v Mitchell Ken O'Neal Lewis Respondent

JurisdictionCaribbean States
JudgeJustices Nelson,Saunders,Bernard,Wit,Hayton,Mr Justice Michael de la Bastide,Mr Justice Pollard,Mr Justice Nelson,Mr Justice Saunders,Mme Justice Bernard,Mr Justice Wit,Mr Justice Hayton,Mr. Justice Pollard
Judgment Date04 June 2007
Neutral Citation[2007] CCJ 3 AJ
Date04 June 2007
Docket NumberCCJ Appeal No CR. 1 of 2006
CourtCaribbean Court of Justice (Appellate Jurisdiction)

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  • René Holder-Mcclean-Ramirez v The Attorney General of Barbados
    • Barbados
    • High Court (Barbados)
    • 12 December 2023
    ...They cited The Attorney General and others v Joseph and Boyce [2006] CCJ 3 (AJ), Reyes v R. [2002] UKPC 11, The Queen v Lewis [2007] CCJ 3 (AJ), and The Maya Leaders Alliance etal. v The Attorney General of Belize [2015] CCJ 15 (AJ) to bolster that viewpoint. According to them, there are s......
  • Rohan Fisher v Attorney General of Jamaica
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 23 September 2021
    ...for the guaranteed rights” (see paragraph 3–020). The authors also noted Pollard J's statement in R v Mitchell Ken O'Neal Lewis [2007] CCJ 3 (AJ) that Caribbean Constitutions are organic “living instrument[s]” that are “always speaking”. Indeed, the authors recognised and underscored the di......
  • Vaughn O'Neil Bignall v The General Legal Council
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 28 January 2022
    ...Brooks JA cited with approval at paras. [13] and [14], dicta of de la Bastide PCCJ and Pollard JCCJ in R v Mitchell Lewis [2007] CCJ 3 (AJ), (2007) 70 WIR 75 as to how the determination is to proceed. The learned President, with whom five of the other Justices agreed in Mitchell Lewis said......
  • Dianne Jhamilly Hadeed v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago
    • Trinidad & Tobago
    • High Court (Trinidad and Tobago)
    • 25 July 2019
    ...theories and contemporary standards and values typically using international human rights standards as an index.” See R v Lewis [2007] CCJ 3 (AJ). Indeed Justice Saunders remarked in R v Hughes “we would be embarking upon a perilous path if we began to regard the circumstances of each terri......
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